Gaute Torsvik
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Binyaruka P, Robberstad B, Torsvik G, Borghi J
Health Policy Plan
. 2018 Nov;
33(9):1026-1036.
PMID: 30380062
The impact of payment-for-performance (P4P) schemes in the health sector has been documented, but there has been little attention to the distributional effects of P4P across health facilities. We examined...
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Binyaruka P, Robberstad B, Torsvik G, Borghi J
Int J Equity Health
. 2018 Jan;
17(1):14.
PMID: 29378658
Background: Payment for performance (P4P) strategies, which provide financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets, can improve healthcare utilisation and quality. P4P may also reduce...
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Ilboudo P, Greco G, Sundby J, Torsvik G
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2016 Oct;
16(1):559.
PMID: 27717356
Background: Treatment costs of induced abortion complications can consume a substantial amount of hospital resources. This use of hospitals scarce resources to treat induced abortion complications may affect hospitals' capacities...
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Ilboudo P, Greco G, Sundby J, Torsvik G
Health Policy Plan
. 2014 May;
30(4):500-7.
PMID: 24829315
Little is known about the costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households. Our aim was to study both costs and consequences of induced and spontaneous abortions and...
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Munga M, Torsvik G, Maestad O
Health Policy Plan
. 2013 Mar;
29(2):227-36.
PMID: 23479271
This article analyses (1) how financial incentives (salary top-ups) and non-financial incentives (housing and education) affect nurses' willingness to work in remote areas of Tanzania and (2) how the magnitude...
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Maestad O, Torsvik G, Aakvik A
J Health Econ
. 2010 Jul;
29(5):686-98.
PMID: 20633940
The shortage of health workers in many low-income countries poses a threat to the quality of health services. When the number of patients per health worker grows sufficiently high, there...