The effect of performance-based financing on illness, care-seeking and treatment among children: An impact evaluation in Rwanda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Skiles, Martha Priedeman ^a   Curtis, Siân L ^a,b   Basinga, Paulin ^c,d   Angeles, Gustavo ^a,b   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d RWANDA BIOMEDICAL CENTER   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RWANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942190785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1033-7     Document Type: Article

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