Natasha Palmer MSc PhD
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- LSHTM
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I did my first degree in Economics and HIstory at Oxford and then worked in Cambodia, Lesotho and South Africa until coming to the LSHTM to do an MSc in 1995. My MSc in Health Policy Planning and Financing was sponsored by DFID and I then worked for them for a year as an Associate Professional Officer. I joined the LSHTM in 1997, completed my PhD in 2001 and have been in the Health Economics and Financing Programme since then. My research interests cover a variety of issues related to health systems in low income countries, in particular the use of contracts for service delivery, human resources and health financing.
Affiliation
Teaching
I am a tutor for the MSc in Public Health in Developing Countries. I am the organiser of the study unit "Primary Health Care Revisited".
Research
I am a member of two Research Programme Consortia - the Consortium for Research on Equitable Health Systems (CREHS) and Evidence for Action (EFA). In addition i am involved in research evaluating the impact of the removal of user fees in Zambia, and work which focuses on partnerships with NGOs and private sector providers in a variety of countries.
Research areas
- Health care financing
- Health care policy
- Health systems
- Organisational research
Disciplines
- Economics
Disease and Health Conditions
- HIV/AIDS
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Selected publications
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Conditional cash transfers for improving uptake of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Lagarde, M.; Haines, A.; Palmer, N.;
JAMA, 2007; 298(16):1900-10
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Contracting out health services in fragile states.
Palmer, N.; Strong, L.; Wali, A.; Sondorp, E.;
BMJ, 2006; 332(7543):718-21
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Contracts in the real world: Case studies from Southern Africa.
Palmer, N.; Mills, A.;
Soc Sci Med, 2005; 60(11):2505-14
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The performance of different models of primary care provision in Southern Africa.
Mills, A.; Palmer, N.; Gilson, L.; McIntyre, D.; Schneider, H.; Sinanovic, E.; Wadee, H.;
Soc Sci Med, 2004; 59(5):931-43
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Health financing to promote access in low income settings-how much do we know?
Palmer, N.; Mueller, D.H.; Gilson, L.; Mills, A.; Haines, A.;
Lancet, 2004; 364(9442):1365-70
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Classical versus relational approaches to understanding controls on a contract with independent GPs in South Africa
Palmer, N.; Mills, A.
Health Economics, 2003; 12(12):1005-20
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