Does performance-based financing increase value for money in low- and middle- income countries? A systematic review

Health Economics Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Turcotte Tremblay, Anne Marie ^a   Spagnolo, Jessica ^a,b   De Allegri, Manuela ^c   Ridde, Valéry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Efficiency; Low and middle income countries (LMICs); Performance based financing (PBF); Review

Indexed keywords

BUDGET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE BASED FINANCING; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85006230930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-016-0103-9     Document Type: Review

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