Paying for performance provides financial rewards to medical care providers for improvements in performance measured by utilization and quality of care indicators. In 2006, Rwanda began a pay for performance scheme to improve health services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. Using a...

To evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse retention strategy, the “70% Full-Time Commitment”, in retaining part-time and casual nurses in Ontario's nurse profession.

This Evaluation Highlight focuses on how six States are using quality reports to draw attention to State- or practice-level performance on quality measures in order to drive improvements in the quality of care for children.

This Highlight focuses on how North Carolina and Pennsylvania are testing how well the Children's Electronic Health Record (EHR) Format's requirements support the provision of primary care to children and how readily the requirements can be incorporated into existing EHRs.

This implementation guide helps states implement or improve care management entities (CMEs), which are designed to coordinate services provided by the many state agencies that serve youth with complex behavioral health needs.

Reviews and analyses the substantial activities of the Primary Care Unit in different district under the guidance of the Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases of the Ministry of Public Health. It highlights the impact of their activities and recommends the next important steps at...

ILO pub. Working paper on urban area poverty and essential services in marginal suburbs (slums) of Guayaquil, Ecuador - describes social implications of rural migration, obstacles to adequate housing and health services, and development of illegal squatter human settlements with no access to...