The impact of contracting-out on health system performance: A conceptual framework

Health Policy

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-211

  Liu, Xingzhu ^a   Hotchkiss, David R ^b   Bose, Sujata ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Evaluation framework; Health system performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; OUTSOURCED SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248638194     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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