Background: As countries reform health financing systems towards universal health
coverage, increasing concerns emerge on the need to ensure inclusion of the most …

Maternal health services continue to favour the wealthiest in lower and middle income
countries. Debate about the potential of performance-based financing (PBF) to address …

More than 20 countries in Africa are scaling up performance‐based financing (PBF), but its
impact on equity in access to health services remains to be documented. This paper draws …

Performance-based financing (PBF) programs are increasingly implemented in low and
middle-income countries to improve health service quality and utilization. In April 2011, a …

Resource poor countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, face many challenges
improving maternal health due to financial and human capital constraints, lack of motivation …

Performance-based financing (PBF)—a supply-side strategy that incentivizes health
providers based on predefined quality and quantity criteria—introduced an innovative …

Background: Several developing countries, especially in Africa, have implemented
performance-based financing (PBF) schemes with the aim of improving healthcare …

Africa's progress towards the health related Millennium Development Goals remains limited.
This can be partly explained by inadequate performance of health care providers. It is …

Performance-based financing (PBF) is a complex health systems intervention aimed at
improving the coverage and quality of care. Several studies have shown a positive impact of …

In spite of the wide attention performance-based financing (PBF) has received over the past
decade, no evidence is available on its impacts on quantity and mix of service provision nor …