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Analysing performance indicators in Albania’s primary health care centers: Workload equality, documentation variability and the case for performance-linked incentives

By: Marsida Mulaj  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjir-2025-0030 | Journal eISSN: 2411-9725 | Journal ISSN: 2410-759X
Language: English
Page range: 135 - 142
Published on: Dec 12, 2025
Published by: International Institute for Private, Commercial and Competition Law
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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