The Design of Incentives for Health Care Providers in Developing Countries : Contracts, Competition, and Cost Control
The authors examine the design and limitations of incentives for health care providers to serve in rural areas in developing countries. Governments face two problems: it is costly to compensate well-trained urban physicians enough to relocate to rural areas, and it is difficult to ensure quality car...
Main Authors: | Hammer, Jeffrey S., Jack, William G. |
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19963 |
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