Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences: a process evaluation of an innovative peripheral health facility financing mechanism in Kenya.

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Published in Health Policy Plan on April 28, 2015

Authors

Evelyn Waweru1, Catherine Goodman2, Sarah Kedenge3, Benjamin Tsofa4, Sassy Molyneux5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 230, 80108, Kilifi, Kenya, ewaweru@kemri-wellcome.org.
2: Department for Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St., London, UK.
3: Department of Monitoring and Evaluation - Referral System Strengthening, MEASURE Evaluation/ICF International, Nairobi, Kenya and.
4: Department of Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 230, 80108, Kilifi, Kenya.
5: Department of Public Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P.O. Box 230, 80108, Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.

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