Community participation and voice mechanisms under performance-based financing schemes in Burundi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-682

  Falisse, Jean Benoît ^a   Meessen, Bruno ^b   Ndayishimiye, Juvénal ^c   Bossuyt, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Cordaid ^*  (Burundi)

Author keywords

Burundi; Community participation; Health systems; Performance based financing; Primary health care; Rural health centres

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BURUNDI; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

BURUNDI;

EID: 84859949631     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02973.x     Document Type: Article

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