Nils Gunnar Songstad

Senior Adviser

E-mailNils.Gunnar.Songstad@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 93 50
Visitor Address
Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet, Fosswinckelsgt. 6
Bergen
Room
419
Postal Address
Postboks 7802
5020 BERGEN

Chimhutu, Victor; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Tjomsland, Marit; Mrisho, Mwifadhi; Moland, Karen Marie. 2016. The inescapable question of fairness in Pay-for-performance bonus distribution: A qualitative study of health workers' experiences in Tanzania. Globalization and Health. 12:77: 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12992-016-0213-5

Chimhutu, Victor; Tjomsland, Marit; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Mrisho, Mwifadhi; Moland, Karen Marie. 2015. Introducing payment for performance in the health sector of Tanzania- the policy process. Globalization and Health. 11:38. doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0125-9

Songstad, Nils Gunnar. 2012. Health worker motivation in a low-income context; the case of rural health services in Tanzania. University of Bergen.
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Lindkvist, Ida; Moland, Karen Marie; Chimhutu, Victor; Blystad, Astrid. 2012. Assessing performance enhancing tools: experiences with the open performance review and appraisal system (OPRAS) and expectations towards payment for performance (P4P) in the public health sector in Tanzania. Globalization and Health. 8:33. 13 pages. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-8-33
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Moland, Karen Marie; Massay, Deodatus Amadeus; Blystad, Astrid. 2012. Why do health workers in rural Tanzania prefer public sector employment? BMC Health Services Research. 12. 12 pages. Published 2012-04-05. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-92

Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Moland, Karen Marie; Blystad, Astrid. 2011. Financial incentives for health worker motivation: the case of health services in Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 341-341.
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Moland, Karen Marie; Massy, DA; Blystad, Astrid. 2011. 'What counts': health workers' preferences for public health facilities or church-run health facilities in Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 340-340.
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Massay, Deodatus Amadeus; Blystad, Astrid. 2011. Perceived unfairness in working conditions: The case of public health services in Tanzania. BMC Health Services Research. 11. 15 pages. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-34
Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Rekdal, Ole Bjørn; Massay, Deodatus Amadeus; Blystad, Astrid. 2011. Perceived unfairness in working conditions: the case of public health services in Tanzania. Tropical medicine & international health. 16: 89-89.

Byskov, Jens; Bloch, Paul; Blystad, Astrid; Hurtig, Anna-Karin; Fylkesnes, Knut; Kamuzora, Peter; Kombe, Yeri; Kvåle, Gunnar; Marchal, Bruno; Martin, Douglas K.; Michelo, Charles Cheembo; Ndawi, Benedict; Ngulube, Thabale J.; Nyamongo, Isaac; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Onyango-Ouma, Washington; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Shayo, Elizabeth H.; Silwamba, Gavin; Songstad, Nils Gunnar; Tuba, Mary. 2009. Accountable priority setting for trust in health systems - the need for research into a new approach for strengthening sustainable health action in developing countries. Health Research Policy and Systems. 7: 2-11. doi: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-23

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