Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences: A process evaluation of an innovative peripheral health facility financing mechanism in Kenya

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 137-147

  Waweru, Evelyn ^a   Goodman, Catherine ^b   Kedenge, Sarah ^c   Tsofa, Benjamin ^a   Molyneux, Sassy ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Africa; Community involvement; Decentralization; Peripheral facility financing; Quality of care; Relationships; User fee removal

Indexed keywords

BANK ACCOUNT; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATION; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 84964674963     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv030     Document Type: Article

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