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Performance-based contracting for hospitals: a mixed methods analysis of impacts on patient outcomes ..

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) contracts with 135 public and private hospitals to provide hospitalization services to 52% of Lebanon's citizens. Since 2001 the MoPH has used a three-tier reimbursement rate for hospitals based on their results in a hospital accreditation process. Evidence has a ..

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An institutional approach to support the conduct and use of health policy and systems research: The Nodal Institute in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Background The use of health policy and systems research (HPSR) to support decision making in health systems is limited in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). This is partly due to the lack of effective initiatives to strengthen regional HPSR capacities and promote its use in decision making. T ..