Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low- and middle-income countries

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Volumn 2021, Issue 5, 2021, Pages

  Diaconu, Karin ^a   Falconer, Jennifer ^a   Verbel, Adrian ^b   Fretheim, Atle ^c,d   Witter, Sophie ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBASE; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MONEY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORLD BANK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL BIAS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIAS; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 85105456855     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007899.pub3     Document Type: Review

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