Canpaying for results help to achieve the Millennium Development Goals? Overview of the effectiveness of results-based financing

Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-83

  Oxman, Andrew D ^a   Fretheim, Atle ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conditional payments; Output based aid; Pay for performance; Performance based funding; Results based financing

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS;

EID: 77951714840     PISSN: 17565383     EISSN: 17565391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-5391.2009.01020.x     Document Type: Review

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