Incentivizing Quantity and Quality of Care : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of Performance-Based Financing in the Health Sector in Tajikistan (English)

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 reproductive, maternal and child health, and hypertension-related services. The study relies on a difference-in-difference design and large-scale household and facility-based...

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Ahmed,Tashrik;

Arur,Aneesa;

De Walque,Damien B. C. M.;

Shapira,Gil;
Document Date
2019/07/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8951
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Tajikistan,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2019/07/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Incentivizing Quantity and Quality of Care : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of Performance-Based Financing in the Health Sector in Tajikistan
Keywords
maternal and child health services

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Ahmed,Tashrik; Arur,Aneesa; De Walque,Damien B. C. M.; Shapira,Gil.

Incentivizing Quantity and Quality of Care : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of Performance-Based Financing in the Health Sector in Tajikistan (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8951 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612501564495857201

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