Can Bonus Payments Improve the Quality of Health Care?

The goal was to see whether linking bonus payments to performance had a positive effect. Rwanda, which was forced to rebuild its institutions after the 1994 civil war and genocide, began piloting programs in 2001 to give health clinics cash bonuses...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGED APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE BIRTHS CHILDHOOD CLINICS DYING FAMILIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EXPERTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHCARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INCOME MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SERVICES MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS PATIENT PATIENTS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PREVENTIVE CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TETANUS TREATMENT USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINE VISITS WOMAN WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14981442/can-bonus-payments-improve-quality-health-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10448

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spelling	okr-10986-104482021-04-23T14:02:50Z Can Bonus Payments Improve the Quality of Health Care? World Bank AGED APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE BIRTHS CHILDHOOD CLINICS DYING FAMILIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EXPERTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHCARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMUNIZATION INCOME MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SERVICES MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHERS PATIENT PATIENTS PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANT WOMAN PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PREVENTIVE CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE TETANUS TREATMENT USE OF HEALTH SERVICES VACCINE VISITS WOMAN WORKERS The goal was to see whether linking bonus payments to performance had a positive effect. Rwanda, which was forced to rebuild its institutions after the 1994 civil war and genocide, began piloting programs in 2001 to give health clinics cash bonuses for meeting certain healthcare objectives, such as immunizing children, and for encouraging people to utilize medical services, such as having pregnant women deliver in a medical facility. Rwanda's health outcomes in the areas of mother-child healthcare ranked among the worst for countries in eastern and southern Africa and the pro programs were an attempt to ensure that people, especially women and children, could get the care they needed to stay healthy. 2012-08-13T11:32:10Z 2012-08-13T11:32:10Z 2011-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/05/14981442/can-bonus-payments-improve-quality-health-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10448 English From Evidence to Policy; No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Rwanda
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description	The goal was to see whether linking bonus payments to performance had a positive effect. Rwanda, which was forced to rebuild its institutions after the 1994 civil war and genocide, began piloting programs in 2001 to give health clinics cash bonuses for meeting certain healthcare objectives, such as immunizing children, and for encouraging people to utilize medical services, such as having pregnant women deliver in a medical facility. Rwanda's health outcomes in the areas of mother-child healthcare ranked among the worst for countries in eastern and southern Africa and the pro programs were an attempt to ensure that people, especially women and children, could get the care they needed to stay healthy.
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title	Can Bonus Payments Improve the Quality of Health Care?
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Can Bonus Payments Improve the Quality of Health Care?

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