Why financial incentives did not reach the poor tuberculosis patients? A qualitative study of a Fidelis funded project in Shanxi, China

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 206-213

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a,c   Walley, John ^a   Zhao, Jin ^b   Yao, Hongyan ^b   Liu, Jianjun ^b   Newell, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b China National Centre for Disease Control   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Effect; Financial incentive; Health system; Poverty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CHINA; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 63749114140     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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