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Prof Catherine Goodman

Professor

United Kingdom

I have over 25 years of experience in applied health systems research in low and middle income settings, including extended periods based in Kenya and Tanzania.

Affiliations

Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation
Malaria Centre
Centre for Maternal Adolescent Reproductive & Child Health
Antimicrobial Resistance Centre
Global Health Economics Centre

Teaching

I teach on the MSc modules Economic Analysis for Health Policy, Health Systems, and Evaluation of Complex Interventions. I supervise six research degree students in the area of health systems and health economics, with a particular interest in topics related to private sector healthcare provision.

Research

A key focus of my research is on understanding and improving private sector healthcare provision in low and middle income countries, including provision through pharmacies and drug stores, private clinics and hospitals. I'm interested in understanding the growth of this sector, the incentives private providers face, and consequences for healthcare quality and access, and in evaluating interventions to address this. This has included evaluating quality improvement programmes for private facilities (for example through the SafeCare certification model, and through social franchising), multi-national private sector subsidy programmes for antimalarials (AMFm), and regulation of the health facility and retail sectors. Recent projects include analysis of online pharmacy markets in Kenya and India, the market structure for private sector care provision in Georgia, and the overarching governance of the private healthcare sector.

I also study strategies to improve quality of care in the public sector, including enhancing management of district hospitals through the IMPRESS project, and an evaluation of the Global Fund's Health System Strengthening initiatives.

Finally, I am interested in the potential to enhance the equity of international research partnerships and co-lead the evaluation of LSHTM's EquiPar tool.
Research Area
Health economics
Health systems
Economic evaluation
Evaluation
Private sector
Global health
Maternal health
Health policy
Complex interventions
Medicines
Disease and Health Conditions
Malaria
Country
India
Kenya
Tanzania
Georgia
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
Least developed countries: UN classification

Selected Publications

What is the relationship between hospital management practices and quality of care? A systematic review of the global evidence.
WARD, C; Phiri, ER M; GOODMAN, C; Nyondo-Mipando, AL; Malata, M; Manda, WC; Mwapasa, V; Powell-Jackson, T;
2024
Health policy and planning
Approaches, enablers and barriers to govern the private sector in health in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.
GOODMAN, C; Witter, S; Hellowell, M; Allen, L; Srinivasan, S; Nixon, S; Burney, A; Bhattacharjee, D; Cocozza, A; Appleford, G; Thabet, A; Clarke, D;
2024
BMJ global health
Exploring the risks of fragmentation in health care markets - An analysis of inpatient care in Georgia.
Tvaliashvili, M; Sulaberidze, L; GOODMAN, C; HANSON, K; Gotsadze, G;
2024
Social Science & Medicine
"Caught in Each Other's Traps": Factors Perpetuating Incentive-Linked Prescribing Deals Between Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry.
KHAN, MS; Rahman-Shepherd, A; Noor, MN; Siddiqui, AR; GOODMAN, C; Wiseman, V; Isani, AK; Aftab, W; Sharif, S; Shakoor, S; Siddiqi, S; Hasan, R;
2024
International journal of health policy and management
Management Practices and Quality of Care: Evidence from the Private Health Care Sector in Tanzania.
POWELL-JACKSON, T; KING, JJ C; Makungu, C; Quaife, M; GOODMAN, C;
2023
Economic journal (London, England)
How much does effective health facility inspection cost? An analysis of the economic costs of Kenya's Joint Health Inspection innovations.
Chege, T; Wafula, F; Tama, E; Khayoni, I; Ogira, D; Gitau, N; GOODMAN, C;
2022
BMC Health Services Research
Pushy Patients Or Pushy Providers? Effect Of Patient Knowledge On Antibiotic Prescribing In Tanzania.
KING, J; POWELL-JACKSON, T; HARGREAVES, J; Makungu, C; GOODMAN, C;
2022
Health affairs (Project Hope)
What Lies Behind Successful Regulation? A Qualitative Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Kenya's Health Facility Inspection Reforms.
Tama, E; Khayoni, I; GOODMAN, C; Ogira, D; Chege, T; Gitau, N; Wafula, F;
2021
International journal of health policy and management
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