Performance-based financing as a health system reform: Mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Witter, Sophie ^a   Toonen, Jurrien ^b   Meessen, Bruno ^c   Kagubare, Jean ^d   Fritsche, György ^e   Vaughan, Kelsey ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Management Sciences for Health   (United States)

^e WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Health systems reforms; Monitoring and evaluation; Performance based financing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84884601443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-367     Document Type: Article

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