title: Pushing on a String: How policy might encourage private doctors to compete with the public sector on the basis of quality.
abstract: Results from the Philippine Quality Improvement Demonstration Study show that a policy that expands insurance coverage improves quality of care, as measured by clinical performance vignettes, among public physicians, and induces a spillover effect that improves quality among private physicians.
authors.affiliation: School of Economics, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
authors.forename: Stella
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quimbo
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Peabody
authors.forename: Xylee
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Javier
authors.forename: Riti
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shimkhada
authors.forename: Orville
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Solon