Paying health workers for performance in a fragmented, fragile state: Reflections from Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 96-105

  Fox, Sarah ^a   Witter, Sophie ^b   Wylde, Emily ^c   Mafuta, Eric ^d   Lievens, Tomas ^a  

^a Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Wilde Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

fragile states; health worker pay and motivation; Results based financing; tracking health financing flows

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84891589772     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs138     Document Type: Article

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