Impact of performance-based financing in a low-resource setting: A decade of experience in Cambodia

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 688-705

  Van De Poel, Ellen ^a   Flores, Gabriela ^b   Ir, Por ^c,d   O'Donnell, Owen ^e,f,g  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c National Institute of Public Health   (Cambodia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cambodia; health financing; maternity care; performance based financing; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNISHMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNITY WARD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CAMBODIA; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84964507313     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3219     Document Type: Article

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