Is performance-based financing a pathway to strategic purchasing in sub-Saharan Africa? A synthesis of the evidence

D Waithaka, C Cashin, E Barasa - Health Systems & Reform, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have implemented performance-based financing
(PBF) to improve health system performance. Much of the debate and analysis relating to …

[HTML][HTML] Performance-based financing, basic packages of health services and user-fee exemption mechanisms: an analysis of health-financing policy integration in …

E Jacobs, MP Bertone, J Toonen… - … Health Economics and …, 2020 - Springer
Background As performance-based financing (PBF) is increasingly implemented across sub-
Saharan Africa, some authors have suggested that it could be a 'stepping stone'for health …

Unraveling PBF effects beyond impact evaluation: results from a qualitative study in Cameroon

M De Allegri, MP Bertone, S McMahon, IM Chare… - BMJ global …, 2018 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Performance-based financing (PBF) has acquired increased prominence as a
means of reforming health system purchasing structures in low-income and middle-income …

Looking into the performance-based financing black box: evidence from an impact evaluation in the health sector in Cameroon

D De Walque, PJ Robyn, H Saidou… - Health Policy and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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 …

At what cost is performance-based financing implemented? Novel evidence from Malawi

M De Allegri, C Makwero… - Health Policy and Planning, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Our study estimated the full economic cost of implementing performance-based financing
[PBF, the Support for Service Delivery Integration Performance-Based Incentives (SSDI-PBI) …

Opening the 'black box'of performance-based financing in low-and lower middle-income countries: a review of the literature

D Renmans, N Holvoet, CG Orach… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Although performance-based financing (PBF) receives increasing attention in the literature,
a lot remains unknown about the exact mechanisms triggered by PBF arrangements. This …

Performance-based financing in Africa: time to test measures for equity

V Ridde, L Gautier… - … Journal of Health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 15 years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in reforms
founded on performance-based financing (PBF) in low-and middle-income countries. While …

[图书][B] Results-based Financing: Evidence from performance-based financing in the health sector

AM Grittner - 2013 - econstor.eu
Results-based approaches have been a focus of recent discussions in international
development. This paper discusses if performance-based financing (PBF) can make foreign …

[HTML][HTML] Setting performance-based financing in the health sector agenda: a case study in Cameroon

I Sieleunou, AM Turcotte-Tremblay, JCT Fotso… - Globalization and …, 2017 - Springer
Background More than 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have introduced performance-
based financing (PBF) in their healthcare systems. Yet, there has been little research on the …

The medium-run and scale-up effects of performance-based financing: An extension of Rwanda's 2006 trial using secondary data

DKL Ngo, S Bauhoff - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Performance-based financing (PBF) programs have been introduced in numerous
developing countries to increase the provision and quality of health services through …