Publications
Economics & health economics journals
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2022) Overtreatment and benevolent provider moral hazard: Evidence from South African doctors Journal of Development Economics
Kovacs R, Lagarde M (2022) Does high workload reduce the quality of healthcare? Evidence from rural Senegal Journal of Health Economics
Arora N, Quaife M, Lagarde M, Crastes-dit-Sourd R, Hanson K (2022) Discrete choice analysis of health worker job preferences in Ethiopia: Separating attribute non-attendance from taste heterogeneity Health Economics
Kovacs R, Lagarde M, Cairns J (2022) “Can patients improve the quality of care they receive? Experimental evidence from Senegal World Development
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2021) Effects of incentive framing on performance and effort: Evidence from a medically framed experiment Journal of Economic Science Association
Cornelsen L, Lagarde M, Quaife M, Smith R (2020) “Framing and signaling effects of taxes on sugary drinks: a Discrete Choice Experiment among households in Great Britain” Health Economics 29(10): 1132-1147
Kovacs R, Lagarde M, Cairns J (2020) “Overconfident health workers provide lower quality healthcare”. Journal of Economic Psychology. 76: 102213.
Kovacs R, Lagarde M, Cairns J (2019) “Measuring patient trust: comparing measures from a survey and an economic experiment”. Health Economics, 28(5):641-652
Lepine, A., M. Lagarde and A. Le Nestour (2018). "How effective and fair is user fee removal? Evidence from Zambia using a pooled synthetic control." Health Economics 27(3): 493-508.
Anselmi L, Lagarde M, Hanson K (2015) “Health service availability and health seeking behaviour in resource poor settings: evidence from Mozambique” Health Economics Review, Dec;5(1):62
Michaels-Igbokwe C, Lagarde M, Terris-Presthold F, Cairns J. (2015) “Designing a package of sexual and reproductive health and HIV outreach services to meet the heterogeneous preferences of young people in Malawi: results from a discrete choice experiment” , Health Economics Review 5:9
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2014) “Pro-social preferences and Self-Selection into Jobs: Evidence from South African Nurses”, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organisation, Vol 107, Part A, 136–152
Lagarde M (2013) “Investigating attribute non-attendance and its consequences with latent class models”, Health Economics, 22(5): 554-67.
Health policy & health services journals
Lagarde M, I. Papanicolas, N. Stacey (2024) The demand for private telehealth services in low- and middle-income countries: Evidence from South Africa Social Science and Medicine
Lagarde M, A. Lepine, C. Collins (2022) The long-term effects of free care on birth outcomes: Evidence from a national policy reform in Zambia Social Science and Medicine - Population Health
Anselmi, L., M. Lagarde and K. Hanson (2018). "The efficiency of the local health systems: investigating the roles of health administrations and health care providers." Health Econ Policy Law 13(1): 10-32.
Courtin, E., P. Muennig, N. Verma, J. A. Riccio, M. Lagarde, P. Vineis, I. Kawachi and M. Avendano (2018). "Conditional Cash Transfers And Health Of Low-Income Families In The US: Evaluating The Family Rewards Experiment." Health Aff (Millwood) 37(3): 438-446.
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2017) “Physicians’ responses to financial and social incentives: a medically framed real effort experiment”, Social Science and Medicine, Apr;179:147-159
Mandeville K, Hanson K, Muula A, Dzowela L, Ulaya G, Lagarde M (2017)“Specialty training for the retention of Malawian doctors: a cost-effectiveness analysis”. Social Science & Medicine
Wiseman, V., Lagarde, M., Batura, N., Lin, S., Irava, W. and Roberts, G. “Measuring inequalities in the distribution of the Fiji Health Workforce”. International Journal for Equity in Health, 16(1)
Mandeville K, Ulaya G, Lagarde M, Muula A, Dzowela L, Hanson K, (2016) “The use of specialty training to retain doctors in Malawi: A discrete choice experiment”. Social Science & Medicine, 169, p109-118
Bertone, M.P. ; Lagarde, M. ; Witter, S. (2016) “Performance-based financing in the context of the complex remuneration of health workers: findings from a mixed-method study in rural Sierra Leone”. BMC Health Serv Res, 2016; 16(1):286
Fraser A, Tan S, Lagarde M, Mays N (2016) "Narratives of promise, narratives of caution: A review of the literature on Social Impact Bonds” Social Policy & Administration
Mounier-Jack S, Edengue JM, Lagarde M, Baonga SF, Ongolo-Zogo P. (2016) “One year of campaigns in Cameroon: effects on routine health services”. Health Policy Plan. 2016 May 11
Bertone MP, Lagarde M (2016) “Sources, determinants and utilization of health workers' revenues: evidence from Sierra Leone”. Health Policy Plan. Apr 6
Anselmi L, Lagarde M, Hanson K (2015). "Going beyond horizontal equity: An analysis of health expenditure allocation across geographic areas in Mozambique”, Social Science and Medicine, Apr;130:216-24
Mays, N., S. Tan, E. Eastmure, B. Erens, M. Lagarde and M. Wright (2014). "Potential impact of removing general practice boundaries in England: A policy analysis." Health Policy, 118(3):273-8
Mandeville K, Ulaya G, Lagarde M, Gwesele L, Dzowela L, Hanson K, Muula (2014) “Early career retention of Malawian medical graduates: a retrospective cohort study” Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20(1):106-14
Lagarde, M., B. Erens and N. Mays (2014). "Determinants of the choice of GP practice registration in England: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment." Health Policy, 119(4):427-36
Anselmi L, Lagarde M, Hanson K (2014) “Equity in the allocation of public sector financial resources in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review” Health Policy and Planning
Mandeville K, Lagarde M, Hanson K. (2014) “The use of discrete choice experiments to inform health workforce policy: a systematic review”, BMC Health Services, 14:367
Michaels-Igbokwe C, Lagarde M, Terris-Presthold F, Cairns J. (2014) “Using decision mapping to inform the development of a stated choice survey to elicit youth preferences for sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in rural Malawi”, Social Science and Medicine, 105: 93-102.
Smith, R., Lagarde M, Blaauw D, Goodman C, English M, Mullei K, Pagaiya N, Tangcharoensathien V, Erasmus E, Hanson K (2013). "Appealing to altruism: an alternative strategy to address the health workforce crisis in developing countries?" J Public Health (Oxf), 35(1):164-70
Lagarde M, Blaauw D, Cairns J (2012) “Cost-effectiveness analysis of human resources policy interventions to address the shortage of nurses in rural South Africa”, Social Science and Medicine 75(5): 801-806.
Lagarde M, Barroy H and Palmer N (2012) “Assessing the Effects of Removing User Fees in Zambia and Niger” Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 17(1): 30-36.
Lagarde M, Cairns J (2012) “Modelling human resources policies with Markov models: an application to the South African nursing labour market” Health Care Management Science 15(3): 270-282.
Lagarde, M. (2012). “How to do (or not to do)… Assessing the impact of a policy change with routine longitudinal data.” Health Policy and Planning 27(1): 76-83.
Carasso B, Lagarde M, Cheelo C, Chansa C, Palmer N. (2012) “Health worker perspectives on user fee removal in Zambia”. Human Resources for Health 10(1):40, Oct 30.
Blaauw D, Erasmus E, Pagaiya N, Tangcharoensathein V, Mullei K, Wafula J, Goodman C, English M, Lagarde M (2010) “Policy interventions that attract nurses to rural areas: a multicountry discrete choice experiment.” WHO Bulletin 88(5): 321-400.
Mullei K, Mudhune S, Wafula J, Masamo E, English M, Goodman C, Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2010) “Attracting and retaining health workers in rural areas: investigating nurses' views on rural posts and policy interventions.” BMC Health Services Research 10 (Suppl 1).
Carasso B, Lagarde M, Palmer N (2009) “Availability of essential medicines in Ethiopia: an efficiency-equity trade-off?” Tropical Medicine & International Health 14(11): Nov 1394-400
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2009) “A review of the application and contribution of Discrete Choice Experiments to inform human resources policy interventions” Human Resources for Health 7(62), July 24.
Lagarde M, Palmer N (2008) “The impact of user fees on access to health services in low and middle income countries – how strong is the evidence?” WHO Bulletin 86 (11) 839-848.
Lagarde M, Palmer N (2006) “The impact of health financing strategies on access to health services in low and middle income countries” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3).
Medical journals
Lagarde M, Blaauw D (2023) Levels and determinants of overprescribing of antibiotics in the public and private primary care sectors in South Africa BMJ Global Health
Lagarde M, Huicho L, Papanicolas I (2019) “Motivating provision of high quality care: it is not all about the money” BMJ 2019;366:l5210
Wiseman V, Lagarde M, et al. (2019) “Using unannounced Standardised Patients to obtain data on quality of care in low- and middle-income countries: key challenges and opportunities” BMJ Global Health 4:e001908.
Miners A, Llewellyn C, Pollard A, Lagarde M, Cooper V, Youssef E, Nixon E, Perry N, Sabin C (2016) “A discrete choice experiment to assess people living with HIV's (PLWHIV's) preferences for GP or HIV clinic appointments” Sex Transm Infect,
Youssef, E. ; Cooper, V. ; Miners, A. ; Llewellyn, C. ; Pollard, A. ; Lagarde, M. ; Sachikonye, M. ; Sabin, C. ; Foreman, C. ; Perry, N. ; Nixon, E. ; Fisher, M. (2016) “Understanding HIV-positive patients' preferences for healthcare services: a protocol for a discrete choice experiment”. BMJ Open
Mandeville K, Lagarde M, Hanson K, Mills A, (2016) “Moving out of crisis mode: reframing human resources for health” Lancet 388(10041), p220-222
Lal S, Ndyomugenyi R, Alexander ND, Lagarde M, Paintain L, Magnussen P, Chandramohan D, Clarke SE (2015) “Health Facility Utilisation Changes during the Introduction of Community Case Management of Malaria in South Western Uganda: An Interrupted Time Series Approach” PLoS One. 10(9)
Michaels-Igbokwe C, Lagarde M, Cairns J, Chipeta E, Chatuluka M, Terris-Presthold F (2015) “Young people’s preferences for family planning service providers in rural Malawi: a Discrete Choice Experiment” PLoS ONE, Dec 2;10(12):e0143287
Burchett H; Mounier-Jack S; Torres-Rueda S; Griffiths U; Ongolo-Zogo P; Rulisa S; Edengue JM; Chavez E; Kitaw Y; Molla M; Konate M; Gelmon L; Ouma O; Lagarde M; Mills A (2014) “The Impact of Introducing New Vaccines on the Health System: Case Studies from Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries” Vaccines 32(48): 6505-6512
Llewellyn C, Sakal C, Lagarde M, Pollard A, Miners A (2013) “Testing for sexually transmitted infections amongst students: a discrete choice experiment of service preferences”, BMJ Open, 3(10): e003240
Miners A, Llewellyn C, Pollard A, Lagarde M, Richardson D, Cairns J, Fisher M, Smith H. (2012), “Assessing user preferences for sexually transmitted infection testing services: a discrete choice experiment” Sex Transm Infect, Nov;88(7):510-6
Miranda, J. J., F. Diez-Canseco, C. Lema, A. G. Lescano, M. Lagarde, D. Blaauw and L. Huicho (2012). “Stated Preferences of Doctors for Choosing a Job in Rural Areas of Peru: A Discrete Choice Experiment” PLoS ONE 7(12): e50567.
Huicho, L., J. J. Miranda, F. Diez-Canseco, C. Lema, A. G. Lescano, M. Lagarde and D. Blaauw (2012). “Job Preferences of Nurses and Midwives for Taking Up a Rural Job in Peru: A Discrete Choice Experiment” PLoS ONE 7(12): e50315.
Ranganathan M, Lagarde M (2012) “Promoting healthy behaviours and improving health outcomes in low and middle-income countries: A review of the impact of conditional cash transfer programmes”, Preventive Medicine, Nov, 55 Suppl:S95-S105.
Lagarde M, Smith-Paintain L, Antwi G, Jones C, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D, Tagbor H, Webster J (2011) “Evaluating health workers’ potential resistance to new interventions: a role for discrete choice experiments” PLoS ONE 6(8), Aug 19.
Lagarde M, Palmer N (2011). “The impact of user fees on access to health services in low- and middle-income countries.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4).
Lagarde M, Palmer N (2009). “The impact of contracting out on health outcomes and use of health services in low and middle-income countries.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4).
Lagarde M, Haines A, Palmer N (2009) “The impact of conditional cash transfers out on health outcomes and use of health services in low and middle-income countries.” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (4).
Mills A, Gilson L, Hanson K, Palmer N, Lagarde M. (2008) “What do we mean by rigorous health-systems research?” Lancet 372(9649):1527-9.
Lagarde M, Haines A, Palmer N (2007) “Conditional cash transfers for improving the uptake of health interventions in low and middle-income countries - a systematic review” JAMA 298(16), Oct 24-31.
Lagarde M, Palmer N (2006) “The impact of health financing strategies on access to health services in low and middle-income countries” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3).