Rewarding Provider Performance to Enable a Healthy Start to Life : Evidence from Argentina's Plan Nacer

Argentina's Plan Nacer provides insurance for maternal and child health care to uninsured families. The program allocates funding to provinces based on enrollment of beneficiaries and adds performance incentives based on indicators of the use...

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Main Authors:	Gertler, Paul, Giovagnoli, Paula, Martinez, Sebastian
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ANAEMIA ANEMIA BABIES BABY BABY CARE BIRTH OUTCOMES BIRTH-WEIGHT BULLETIN BURDEN OF DISEASE CAPITATION CARE DURING PREGNANCY CENSUSES CERTIFICATION CESAREAN SECTION CESAREAN SECTIONS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CARE CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MEDICAL CARE CHILD MORTALITY CITIES CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICAL PROTOCOLS CLINICAL SERVICES CLINICS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING DEATH CERTIFICATES DEATH RATE DEFECATION DELIVERY CARE DENTAL CARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIAGNOSIS DIAGNOSTIC TESTS DISABILITY DISEASE DISEASE RESEARCH DISEASES EARLY DETECTION ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FETUS FIRST BIRTH FIXED COSTS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH IMPACTS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OFFICIALS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH RESULTS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH TARGETS HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS HIGH-RISK HIV HOSPITAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE IMMUNIZATION STATUS IMMUNODEFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF CARE INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INFANT INFANT HEALTH INFANT HEALTH SERVICES INFANT MORTALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INTERVENTION LABOR MARKET LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL AGE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL CARE MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES MATERNITY HOSPITALS MEAN BIRTH WEIGHT MEASLES MEASLES IMMUNIZATION MEDICAID MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL RECORDS MEDICAL SERVICES MEDICAL STAFF MEDICINE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORALITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LEVEL NEONATAL DEATH NEONATAL MORTALITY NEONATAL SERVICES NEWBORN NEWBORNS NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUTRITION OBSTETRIC CARE PATIENT PATIENTS POLICY CONCERN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION GROUPS POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY STATUS PREGNANCY TEST PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRENATAL CARE UTILIZATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PROVIDER INCENTIVES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESPECT RISK FACTORS SANITATION SCHOOLS SECRETARY OF HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL SECURITY SPILLOVER TETANUS TRANSPORTATION TREATMENT USE OF RESOURCES VACCINATION VACCINE VACCINES WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19546892/rewarding-provider-performance-enable-healthy-start-life-evidence-argentinas-plan-nacer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18801