Health system changes under pay-forperformance: The effects of Rwanda's national programme on facility inputs

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-20

  Ngo, Diana K L ^a   Sherry, Tisamarie B ^b   Bauhoff, Sebastian ^c  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care financing; Health care systems; Incentive based financing; Pay for performance; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; RWANDA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RWANDA;

EID: 85014481401     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw091     Document Type: Article

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