"This book examines how healthcare organisations shape, adapt and resist developments in healthcare policy and practice. This is an international text bringing together contributions from around the globe and covers a wide range of different discussions in relation to the policy/practice gap"--

Part I. Africa and western Asia / Jeffrey Braithwaite -- Part II. Eastern Asia and southern Asia / Yukihiro Matsuyama -- Part III. South eastern Asia and Oceania / Jeffrey Braithwaite -- Part IV. The Americas / Julie Johnson -- Part V. Europe / Russell Mannion.

Many countries are turning their attention to the use of explicit financial incentives to drive desired improvements in healthcare performance. However, we have only a weak evidence-base to inform policy in this area. The research challenge is to generate robust evidence on what financial...