This paper aims to provide a review and synthesis of the performance-based contracting
(PBC) literature across academic disciplines. It also seeks to examine how the operations …

This paper questions the view that performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector is
an effective, efficient and equitable approach to improving the performance of health …

Existing definitions and measurement approaches of quality of health care often fail to
address the complexities involved in understanding quality of care. It is perceptions of …

Pay for performance (P4P) programmes are popular health system-focused interventions
aiming to improve health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). This realist …

Although performance-based financing (PBF) receives increasing attention in the literature,
a lot remains unknown about the exact mechanisms triggered by PBF arrangements. This …

Complexity theory has increasingly been discussed and applied within evaluation literature
over the past decade. This article reviews the discussion and use of complexity theory within …

Health policy and systems research (HPSR) is a transdisciplinary field of global importance,
with its own emerging standards for creating, evaluating, and utilizing knowledge, and …

Background Performance-based financing is increasingly being applied in a variety of
contexts, with the expectation that it can improve the performance of health systems …

Background Pay for performance (P4P) incentive schemes are increasingly used world-wide
to improve health system performance but results of evaluations vary considerably. A …

While service outsourcing may benefit from the application of performance‐based contracts
(PBCs), the implementation of such contracts is usually challenging. Service performance is …