How to improve health systems performance, particularly for the poor in low-income countries, is a research and policy issue that affects many aspects of public health. My research interests include understanding the factors that improve overall levels and distribution of health status, the risk of poverty due to health expenditures and ill health, and public satisfaction with health services. My interests also involve innovations in health systems, such as those dealing with strategic engagement of governments with the private sector, alternative health financing methods, resource allocation methods, and new approaches to organization of health services and public health service delivery.

health systems, health management, poverty and health, health sector performance, sector wide approaches, case methods, Africa, South Asia, India, Afghanistan

Board Certification: Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society

Polly and George Sheps Award in Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine

Hansen, P.M., Peters, D.H., Niayesh, H., Singh, L.P., Dwivedi, V., Burnham, G. Measuring and Managing Progress in the Establishment of Basic Health Services: The Afghanistan Health Sector Balanced Scorecard. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2008, 23 (2): 107-117.

Mayhew, M.M., Hansen, P.M., Peters, D.H., Edward, A., Singh, L.P., Dwivedi, V., Mashkoor, A., Burnham, G. Determinants of Skilled Birth Attendant Utilization in Afghanistan Where Basic Health Services are Provided – A Cross-Sectional Study. American Journal of Public Health 2008, 98; 10: 1849-1856.

Peters, D.H., Muraleedharan, V.R. Regulating India’s Health Services: To What End? What Future? Social Science and Medicine 2008, 66: 2133-2144.

Bloom, G., Kanjilal, B., Peters, D.H. Regulating Health Care Markets in China and India. Health Affairs 2008, 27 (4): 952-963.

Bishai, D.M., Shah, N.M., Walker, D.G., Brieger, W.R., Peters, D.H. Social Franchising to Improve Quality and Access. Harvard Health Policy Review 2008, 9 (1): 184-197.

Syed S.B., Hyder, A.A., Bloom, G., Sundaram, S., Bhuiya, A., Zhenzhong, Z., Kanjilal, B., Oladepo, O., Pariyo, G., Peters, D.H., and Future Health Systems: Innovations For Equity. Exploring evidence-policy linkages in health research plans: a case study from six countries. Health Research Policy and Systems 2008, 6 (4):1478-4505

Peters, D.H., Garg, A., Bloom, G., Walker, D.G., Brieger, W.R., Rahman, M.H. Poverty and Access to Health Care in Developing Countries. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 2008, 1136:161-71.

Peters, D.H., Noor, A.A., Singh, L.P., Kakar, F.K., Hansen, P.M., Burnham G. A Balanced Scorecard for Health Services in Afghanistan. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007, 85: 146-151.

Hyder, A.A., Bloom,G., Leach, M., Syed, S.B., Peters, D.H. and the Future Health Systems: Innovations for Equity Team. Exploring health systems research and its influence on policy processes in low income countries. BMC Public Health 2007, 7: 309-320.

Rao, D.K,. Peters, D.H. Quality improvement and its impact on the use and equality of outpatient health services in India. Health Economics 2007, 16 (8): 799-813.

Peters, D.H., Kohli, M., Mascarenhas, M., Rao, K. Can computers improve patient care by primary health care workers in India? International Journal of Quality in Health Care 2006, 18(6):437-45.

Rao, K.D., Peters, D.H., Bandeen-Roche, K. Towards patient-centered health services in India--a scale to measure patient perceptions of quality. International Journal of Quality in Health Care 2006, 18(6):414-21.

Peters, D.H., Bloom, G., Rahman, M.H., Bhuiya, A., Kanjilal, B., Oladepo, O., et al. 2006. Research for Future Health Systems. Global Forum Update on Research for Health 2006, 3: 133-137.

Neufeld, K., Peters, D.H., Rani, M., Bonu, S., Brooner, R.K. Regular use of alcohol and tobacco in India and its association with age, gender, and poverty. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2005, 77 (3): 283-291.

Bonu, S., Rani, M., Peters, D.H., Jha P., Nguyen, S.N. Does alcohol or tobacco use contribute to impoverishment from the costs of hospitalization? Health Policy and Planning 2005, 20 (1): 41-49

Peters, D.H., Marchandani, G., Hansen, P.M. Strategies for engaging the private sector in sexual and reproductive health: how effective are they? Health Policy and Planning 2004 19 (Suppl.1): 5-20.

Bonu, S., Rani, M., Jha, P., Peters, D.H., Nguyen, S.M., Household Tobacco and Alcohol Use, and Child Health: An Exploratory Study From India. Health Policy 2004, 70 (1): 67-83.

Peters, D.H., Philips, T. Mectizan Donation Program: Evaluation of a Public-Private Partnership. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2004, 9 (4): A4-15.

Yazbeck, A.S., Peters, D.H., editors. Health Policy Research in South Asia: Guiding Reforms and Building Capacity. Washington D.C.: World Bank, 2003.

Peters, D.H., Rao, K.S., Fryatt, R. Lumping and Splitting: The Health Policy Agenda in India. Health Policy and Planning 2003, 18 (3): 249-60.

Waters, H., Hatt, L, Peters, D.H. Working with the Private Sector for Child Health. Health Policy and Planning 2003, 18 (2): 127-137.

Peters, D.H. Oversight of Health Sector Policy and Performance in Low-Income Countries: The Example of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in India. Reproductive Health Matters. 2002, 10 (20): 82-94.

Peters, D.H., Yazbeck, A.S., Sharma R., Ramana, G.N.V., Pritchett, L., Wagstaff, A. Better Health Systems for India’s Poor: Findings, Analysis, and Options. Washington D.C.: The World Bank, 2002.

Peters, D.H., Elmendorf A.E., Kandola K., Chellaraj. Benchmarks for Health Expenditures, Services and Outcomes in Africa During the 1990s. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2000, 6 (78): 761-769.

Peters, D.H., Chao, S. The sector-wide approach in health: What is it? Where is it going? International Journal of Health Planning and Management 1998, 13 (2): 177-90.