Do Health Reforms to Improve Quality Have Long-Term Effects? Results of a Follow-Up on a Randomized Policy Experiment in the Philippines

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 165-177

  Quimbo, Stella ^a   Wagner, Natascha ^b   Florentino, Jhiedon ^a   Solon, Orville ^a   Peabody, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy; health reform; policy experiment; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH REFORM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PEER GROUP; PEER LEARNING; PHILIPPINES; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED POLICY EXPERIMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIGNETTE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84955174557     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3129     Document Type: Article

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