Quality of care in performance-based financing: How it is incorporated in 32 programs across 28 countries

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 90-107

  Gergen, Jessica ^a   Josephson, Erik ^b   Coe, Martha ^a   Ski, Samantha ^c   Madhavan, Supriya ^d   Bauhoff, Sebastian ^e  

^a Think Well Research and Evaluation Division   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

^c University Research Co   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED NATIONS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 85026806019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00239     Document Type: Review

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