Sources, determinants and utilization of health workers’ revenues: evidence from Sierra Leone
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Sources, determinants and utilization of health workers’ revenues: evidence from Sierra Leone
Exploring the entire set of formal and informal payments available to health workers (HWs) is critical to understand the financial incentives they face and devise effective incentive packages to motivate them. We investigate this issue in the context of Sierra Leone by collecting quantitative data through a survey and daily logbooks on the incomes of 266 HWs in three districts, and carrying out...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw031