Performance-based financing is promoted as a promising strategy for improving health
service delivery and helping to reach the Millennium Development Goals. 1, 2 But what is …

Background In many countries financing for health services has traditionally been disbursed
directly from governmental and non-governmental funding agencies to providers of services …

Introduction Performance-based financing (PBF) has acquired increased prominence as a
means of reforming health system purchasing structures in low-income and middle-income …

Performance-based financing is a complex health system intervention aimed at improving
coverage and quality of care. This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation in …

Background User fees and poor quality of care contribute to low use of healthcare services
in Burkina Faso. The government implemented an innovative intervention that combines …

Performance-based financing (PBF) is a mechanism by which health providers are paid on
the basis of outputs or results delivered. A PBF program was implemented on the provision …

In recent years, performance-based financing (PBF) has attracted attention as a means of
reforming provider payment mechanisms in low-and middle-income countries. Particularly in …

Background Rwanda is among the poorest countries in the world—the average Rwandan
lives on less than $0.70 per day (US dollars)—with a typical epidemiological profile for Sub …

Demand side financing strategies have been a popular means of increasing coverage and
availability of effective maternal and child health services in low and middle income …

Background Results-based financing (RBF) describes health system approaches
addressing both service quality and use. Effective coverage is a metric measuring progress …