'Paying for performance' in Rwanda: Does it pay off?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-190

  Kalk, Andreas ^a   Paul, Friederike Amani ^b   Grabosch, Eva ^c  

^a Health Section   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Consultant in Pediatrics ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Output based aid; Paying for performance; Performance based financing; Results based financing; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW;

ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RWANDA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RWANDA;

EID: 74349122099     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02430.x     Document Type: Article

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