Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Witter, Sophie ^a   Fretheim, Atle ^b,c   Kessy, Flora L ^d   Lindahl, Anne Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANEMIA; BURUNDI; CHILD CARE; CHINA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONGO; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RWANDA; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; ZAMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84861423988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007899.pub2     Document Type: Review

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