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 care when monitoring performance is costly or impossible. The goal of providing universal primary health care has been hard to meet, in part because of the...
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2001/02/28
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS2547
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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The design of incentives for health care providers in developing countries : contracts, competition, and cost control
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rural area