Effectiveness of provider incentives for anaemia reduction in rural China: A cluster randomised trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7870, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Grant ^a,b   Luo, Renfu ^c   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Sylvia, Sean ^d,e   Shi, Yaojiang ^e   Foo, Patricia ^a,f   Zhao, Qiran ^c,g   Martorell, Reynaldo ^h   Medina, Alexis ^f   Rozelle, Scott ^f,i  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; GIFT GIVING; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ANEMIA; CHILD; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIFT GIVING; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84865234778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4809     Document Type: Article

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