Comparative effectiveness of two disparate policies on child health: Experimental evidence from the Philippines

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 563-571

  Peabody, John W ^a,b   Quimbo, Stella ^c   Florentino, Jhiedon ^b   Shimkhada, Riti ^d   Javier, Xylee ^c   Paculdo, David ^b   Jamison, Dean ^e   Solon, Orville ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QURE Healthcare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness; Pay for performance; Philippines; policy experiment; Universal health coverage

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOUCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INSURANCE; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85027027680     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw179     Document Type: Article

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