Improving health worker performance: The patient-perspective from a PBF program in Rwanda

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-11

  Lannes, Laurence ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health workforce performance; Incentives; Low and middle income countries; Patients' satisfaction; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; INCENTIVE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RWANDA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS;

RWANDA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RWANDA;

EID: 84930198318     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.033     Document Type: Article

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