In Tanzania, the many costs of pay-for-performance leave open to debate whether the strategy is cost-effective

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-414

  Borghi, Josephine ^a   Little, Richard ^b   Binyaruka, Peter ^c   Patouillard, Edith ^d,e,f   Kuwawenaruwa, August ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cambridge ESOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MANAGER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SALARY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TANZANIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA;

EID: 84924597459     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0608     Document Type: Article

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