Pay for performance: An analysis of the context of implementation in a pilot project in Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Olafsdottir, Anna Elisabet ^a   Mayumana, Iddy ^a   Mashasi, Irene ^a   Njau, Ikunda ^a   Mamdani, Masuma ^a   Patouillard, Edith ^a,b   Binyaruka, Peter ^a   Abdulla, Salim ^a   Borghi, Josephine ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Health system; Health workers motivation; Low income countries; Paying for performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84928806946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-392     Document Type: Article

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