Performance-based financing with GAVI health system strengthening funding in rural Cambodia: A brief assessment of the impact

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 456-465

  Matsuoka, Sadatoshi ^a,b   Obara, Hiromi ^c   Nagai, Mari ^c   Murakami, Hitoshi ^c   Lon, Rasmey Chan ^d  

^a TAC International Inc   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Health system strengthening; Maternal and child health; Performance based financing

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

CAMBODIA; CHILD; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CAMBODIA; CHILD; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VACCINES;

EID: 84904341615     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt030     Document Type: Article

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