Gertler, PaulVermeersch, Christel2012-06-292012-06-292012-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9316This study examines the effect of performance incentives for health care providers to provide more and higher quality care in Rwanda on child health outcomes. The authors find that the incentives had a large and significant effect on the weight-for-age of children 0-11 months and on the height-for-age of children 24-49 months. They attribute this improvement to increases in the use and quality of prenatal and postnatal care. Consistent with theory, They find larger effects of incentives on services where monetary rewards and the marginal return to effort are higher. The also find that incentives reduced the gap between provider knowledge and practice of appropriate clinical procedures by 20 percent, implying a large gain in efficiency. Finally, they find evidence of a strong complementarity between performance incentives and provider skill.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONAGE GROUPSALCOHOLALCOHOL USEANEMIABABYBABY CAREBLEEDINGBREAST MILKBREAST-FEEDINGBULLETINCAPACITY BUILDINGCASE MANAGEMENTCHILD CARECHILD GROWTH MONITORINGCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH CARECHILD HEALTH SERVICESCHILD MEDICAL CARECHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHILD NUTRITIONCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCLEANLINESSCLINICAL PRACTICECLINICAL SERVICESCLINICSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERSCONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCECONTRACEPTIVE USAGECONTRACEPTIVE USERSCONTRACEPTIVESDEATHSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIABETESDIAGNOSISDIARRHEADIETDISSEMINATIONDISTRICT HOSPITALDOCTORSDRUGSEARLY PREGNANCYEMERGENCIESETHICAL STANDARDSEXPENDITURESFAMILIESFAMILY PLANNINGFETUSFEVERFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTGENOCIDEGLOBAL HEALTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONSHEALTH CARE PROVIDERSHEALTH CARE PROVISIONHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH CARE UTILIZATIONHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH CLINICSHEALTH CONDITIONSHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FACILITYHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROBLEMSHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH TARGETSHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH-CARE PROVIDERSHIGH BLOOD PRESSUREHIGH-RISKHIVHOSPITALHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILLNESSILLNESSESIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNIZATIONSINCOMEINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICSINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANTSINFECTIONINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINTERVENTIONJOURNAL OF MEDICINELAB TESTSLABOR SUPPLYLEVELS OF KNOWLEDGELIVE BIRTHSLOW BIRTH WEIGHTLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALARIAMALARIA PROPHYLAXISMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTHMATERNAL HEALTH CAREMATERNAL HEIGHTMATERNAL MORTALITYMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL DOCTORSMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMEDICAL PERSONNELMEDICAL PRACTICEMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL SUPPLIESMEDICAL TECHNICIANSMICRONUTRIENTSMIDWIVESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMISCARRIAGESMODERN CONTRACEPTIONMORTALITYMOSQUITO NETSMOTHERMYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONNATIONAL HEALTHNAUSEANUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF WOMENNURSESNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL ADVICEOBSTETRIC SERVICESOLDER CHILDRENOWNERSHIP OF LANDPAP SMEARPATIENTPATIENTSPHARMACYPHYSICAL EXAMINATIONSPHYSICIANPHYSICIANSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOSTNATAL CAREPRACTITIONERSPREGNANCYPREGNANCY STATUSPREGNANT WOMANPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPRIMARY CAREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH-CAREPRIMARY SCHOOLPROBABILITYPROGRESSPROPHYLAXISPROVIDER INCENTIVESPROVIDER PAYMENTQUALITY CAREQUALITY CONTROLQUALITY IMPROVEMENTQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF HEALTHQUALITY OF HEALTH CAREQUALITY SERVICESRESOURCE CONSTRAINTSRISK PREGNANCIESRURAL AREASSERVICE DELIVERYSEXSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSSMEAR TESTSOCIAL AFFAIRSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSSTAGES OF LIFESYMPTOMSYMPTOMSTETANUSTOBACCOTOBACCO USETREATMENTTROPICAL MEDICINETUBERCULOSISURINE SAMPLEVACCINATIONVACCINEVACCINESVOMITINGWEIGHT GAINWEIGHT LOSSWOMANWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6100