Pay-for-performance debate: Not seeing the forest for the trees

Health Systems and Reform

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 74-79

  Soucat, Agnes ^a   Dale, Elina ^a   Mathauer, Inke ^a   Kutzin, Joseph ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85044865225     PISSN: 23288604     EISSN: 23288620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2017.1302902     Document Type: Note

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