In response to the poor performance of its public health care provision, Burkina Faso
decided, to implement results‐based financing (RBF). This strategy relies on a strategic …

Access to safe, effective, and affordable essential medicines (EM) is critical to quality health
services and as such has played a key role in innovative health system strengthening …

Over the past 10 to 15 years, results-based financing (RBF) has gained increased
prominence in global health. Though the term RBF encompasses a variety of demand-and …

Background The last two decades have seen a growing recognition of the need to expand
the impact evaluation toolbox from an exclusive focus on randomized controlled trials to …

Evidence from low-income Asian countries shows that performance-based financing (as a
specific form of contracting) can improve health service delivery more successfully than …

The paper studies the effects of a financing mechanism for the health sector in which
payment to health facilities is based on the volume of health service provision, as opposed …

Abstract Background Burkina Faso has made a number of health system policy decisions to
improve performance on health indicators and strengthen responsiveness to health-related …

Performance-based financing is generating a heated debate. Some suggest that it may be a
donor fad with limited potential to improve service delivery. Most of its critics view it solely as …

Background Performance-based financing (PBF) reforms aim to directly influence health
worker behavior through changes to institutional arrangements, accountability structures …