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 …

How and why are Theory of Change and Realist Evaluation used in food security contexts? A scoping review

S Lam, W Dodd, S Wyngaarden, K Skinner… - Evaluation and Program …, 2021 - Elsevier
The complex ways in which food security actions lead to nutrition and other health outcomes
make it important to clarify what programs work and how, with theory-driven evaluation …

Decentralized facility financing versus performance-based payments in primary health care: a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Nigeria

M Khanna, B Loevinsohn, E Pradhan, O Fadeyibi… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Health system financing presents a challenge in many developing countries.
We assessed two reform packages, performance-based financing (PBF) and direct facility …

How are health workers paid and does it matter? Conceptualising the potential implications of digitising health worker payments

M McConnell, M Mahajan, S Bauhoff, K Croke… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Health systems are striving to improve their effectiveness in response to evidence of
significant avertable mortality stemming from challenges in the delivery of high quality …

[HTML][HTML] Pay for performance: a reflection on how a global perspective could enhance policy and research

L Anselmi, J Borghi, GW Brown, E Fichera… - … Journal of Health …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Pay-for-performance (P4P) is the provision of financial incentives to healthcare
providers based on pre-specified performance targets. P4P has been used as a policy tool …

Improving child health service interventions through a Theory of Change: A scoping review

B Jones, A Paterson, M English, S Nagraj - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: The objective of this scoping review was to map how child health service
interventions develop, utilise, and refine theories of change. A theory of change (ToC) is a …

Impact of the extension of a performance-based financing scheme to nutrition services in Burundi on malnutrition prevention and management among children below …

C Korachais, S Nkurunziza, M Nimpagaritse… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Malnutrition is a huge problem in Burundi. In order to improve the health system response,
the Ministry of Health piloted the introduction of malnutrition prevention and care indicators …

Teoria da Mudança e políticas públicas: Uma revisão integrativa

JE Córdoba-Vieira, M Antonelli-Ponti… - Estudos em …, 2023 - educa.fcc.org.br
RESUMO O presente artigo, com intuito de investigar o uso da ferramenta Teoria da
Mudança, coletou dados das plataformas EbscoHost e Web of Science. Resultados …

Etude du paiement électronique des agents de santé: cas de la campagne de vaccination contre la rougeole et la rubéole en Côte d'Ivoire

BC Akani, LBN Aka, MNK ANO… - Revue Africaine des …, 2024 - revue-rasp.org
Résumé La motivation des agents de santé à travers le paiement à temps et complet
constitue l'un des éléments clés pour atteindre de bonne couverture vaccinale. Notre objectif …

Increasing the Use of Verification Results within Performance-Based Financing Programs

T Gorman - 2014 - digital.lib.washington.edu
Background: Within Performance-Based Financing (PBF) programs, independent
verification is a known cornerstone to ensure the reported results are accurate. While …