Opening the 'black box' of performance-based financing in low- and lower middle-income countries: A review of the literature

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1297-1309

  Renmans, Dimitri ^a,b   Holvoet, Nathalie ^a   Orach, Christopher Garimoi ^c   Criel, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

developing countries; health financing; Performance based financing

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRAWING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MANAGER; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 85014272446     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw045     Document Type: Review

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