Effect of paying for performance on utilisation, quality, and user costs of health services in Tanzania: A controlled before and after study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Binyaruka, Peter ^a   Patouillard, Edith ^b   Powell Jackson, Timothy ^b   Greco, Giulia ^b   Maestad, Ottar ^c   Borghi, Josephine ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

^c CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; PRENATAL CARE; TANZANIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INSURANCE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84943339729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135013     Document Type: Article

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