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Debas, Haile T. (ed.) - 2015 - Online-Ausg.

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Long-Run Effects of Temporary Incentives on Medical Care Productivity

Celhay, Pablo - 2015

The adoption of new clinical practice patterns by medical care providers is often challenging, even when the patterns are believed to be efficacious and profitable. This paper uses a randomized field experiment to examine the effects of temporary financial incentives paid to medical care clinics...

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Management capabilities and performance of firms in the Russian Federation

Grover, Arti; Torre, Iván - 2019

Using the management and operational practices survey in the Russian Federation, this paper finds that an average … Russian manufacturing firm adopts 43 percent of the structured management practices (a score of 0.43), a value that is far …, where a large share of firms adopt few structured management practices and only 3.5 percent of them have a score over 0 …

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The 2019 update of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators Database : an overview

Wagstaff, Adam; Eozenou, Patrick; Neelsen, Sven; Smitz, Marc - 2019

This paper outlines changes that have been made in the 2019 version of the Health Equity and Financial Protection Indicators database. On the financial protection side, the changes include an increase in the number of indicators from five to 14; revisions to several previous data points,...

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Replication redux : the reproducibility crisis and the case of deworming

Ozier, Owen - 2019

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later, a headline in the Guardian reported that this treatment, deworming, had been "debunked."...

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Strengthening public health systems : policy ideas from a governance perspective

Khemani, Stuti; Chaudhary, Sarang; Scot, Thiago - 2020

Public health systems that are capable of disease surveillance and action to prevent and manage outbreaks require trustworthy community-embedded public health workers who are empowered to undertake their tasks as professionals. Economic theory on incentives and norms of agents tasked with...

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Early-life access to a basic health care program and adult outcomes in Indonesia

Ahsan, Nazmul; Banerjee, Rakesh; Maharaj, Riddhi - 2020

Access to primary care during early life can have substantial benefits in developing countries. This study evaluates the long-run impact of the Village Midwife Program in Indonesia. It utilizes the roll-out-variation of the program and link individual background and community characteristics in...

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The three-gap model of health worker performance

Ibnat, Fabliha; Leonard, Kenneth Lynch; Bawo, Luke; … - 2019

The Three-Gap Model examines the determinants of low-quality health care by examining the patterns and determinants of three gaps. Using four measures of performance-target performance, actual performance, capacity to perform, and knowledge to perform-this paper defines three gaps for each...

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Inequality in the quality of health services : wealth, content of care, and price of antenatal consultations in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Fink, Guenther; Kandpal, Eeshani; Shapira, Gil - 2019

Using unique direct observations of patient-provider interactions linked to patient exit interviews and detailed household surveys, this paper assesses the relationship between patient wealth and the quality and price of antenatal care in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Overall, the analysis...

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Incentivizing quantity and quality of care : evidence from an impact evaluation of performance-based financing in the health sector in Tajikistan

Ahmed, Tashrik; Arur, Aneesa; De Walque, Damien; … - 2019

This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation of a performance-based financing pilot in rural areas of two regions of Tajikistan. Primary care facilities were given financial incentives conditional on general quality and the quantity provided of selected services related to...

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