Opening the ‘black box’ of performance-based financing in low- and lower middle-income countries
A review of the literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14668244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dimitri Renmans (0000-0001-7867-7503, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Nathalie Holvoet (0000-0003-4413-1208, University of Antwerp), Christopher Garimoi Orach (0000-0002-5209-5529, Makerere University), Bart Criel (0000-0002-1452-0088, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1297-1309 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/czw045 |
| PMID | 27126200 |
| OpenAlex | W2344619033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 53 |
Although performance-based financing (PBF) receives increasing attention in the literature, a lot remains unknown about the exact mechanisms triggered by PBF arrangements. This article aims to summarize current knowledge on how PBF works, set out what still needs to be investigated and formulate recommendations for researchers and policymakers from donor and recipient countries alike. Drawing on an extensive systematic literature review of peer-reviewed journals, we analysed 35 relevant articles. To guide us through this variety of studies, point out relevant issues and structure findings, we use a comprehensive analytical framework based on eight dimensions. The review inter alia indicates that PBF is generally welcomed by the main actors (patients, health workers and health managers), yet what PBF actually entails is less straightforward. More research is needed on the exact mechanisms through which not only incentives but also ancillary components operate. This knowledge is essential if we really want to appreciate the effectiveness, desirability and appropriate format of PBF as one of the possible answers to the challenges in the health sector of low-and lower middle-income countries. A clear definition of the research constructs is a primordial starting point for such research.
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Incentive · Low and middle income countries · MEDLINE · Microeconomics · Point (geometry) · Political science · Public economics · Public relations · Set (abstract data type) · Systematic review · Variety (cybernetics) · Computer Science · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
NGOs, partnerships, and public-private discontent in Nepal's health care sector
“I wanted a skeleton … they brought a prince”
Is SMART the new stupid? Health worker perspectives on producing PBF indicators
Designing Effective Teacher Performance Pay Programs
What can motivate Lady Health Workers in Pakistan to engage more actively in tuberculosis case-finding
Le financement basé sur les résultats (FBR) en Afrique
Evaluating performance-based financing in low-income and middle-income countries
Salary delays among public sector primary care workers
Intended and unintended effects
Understanding efficiency and the effect of pay-for-performance across health facilities in Tanzania
The role of health system context in the design and implementation of performance-based financing
Conditional Cash Incentive and Use of Health Care Services
Payment‐by‐results for health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Evidence Review on Results-Based Payments
Evidence Review on Results-Based Payments
Do incentives matter when working for god? The impact of performance-based financing on faith-based healthcare in Uganda
Health systems flattening – the failed promises of decentralisation in Mozambique
Stunted scale-up of a performance-based financing program on HIV and maternal–child health services in Mozambique — a policy analysis
Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania
No impact of performance-based financing on the availability of essential medicines in Burkina Faso
Measuring and paying for quality of care in performance-based financing
Methods to improve quality performance at scale in lower- and middle-income countries
Experiences of care in the context of payment for performance (P4P) in Tanzania
The bumpy trajectory of performance-based financing for healthcare in Sierra Leone
Measuring management practices in primary health care facilities – development and validation of management practices scorecard in Nigeria
Counter-verification in performance-based financing
Presentation
Sustaining essential health services in Lao PDR in the context of donor transition and Covid-19
An investigation of the relationship between the performance and management practices of health facilities under a performance-based financing scheme in Nigeria
Exploring the efficiency of primary health care provision in rural and sparsely populated areas
A realist review to assess for whom, under what conditions and how pay for performance programmes work in low- and middle-income countries
The effect of performance-based financing interventions on health worker motivation and job satisfaction
The effect of a performance-based financing program on HIV and maternal/child health services in Mozambique—an impact evaluation
What happens when performance-based financing meets free healthcare? Evidence from an interrupted time-series analysis
Does payment for performance increase performance inequalities across health providers? A case study of Tanzania
How do performance-based financing programmes measure quality of care? A descriptive analysis of 68 quality checklists from 28 low- and middle-income countries
The money can be a motivator, to me a little, but mostly PBF just helps me to do better in my job.’ An exploration of the motivational mechanisms of performance-based financing for health workers in Malawi
Pathways to high and low performance
How does performance-based financing affect the availability of essential medicines in Cameroon? A qualitative study
No effects of pilot performance-based intervention implementation and withdrawal on the coverage of maternal and child health services in the Koulikoro region, Mali
Performance-based financing
Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities
How does performance-based financing affect health workers' intrinsic motivation? A Self-Determination Theory-based mixed-methods study in Malawi
Examining policy intentions and actual implementation practices
Balancing the scales? Evaluating the impact of results-based financing on maternal health outcomes and related inequality of opportunity in Zimbabwe
The unintended consequences of community verifications for performance-based financing in Burkina Faso
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
The Theory of Incentives
Theory-based impact evaluation
Health Care Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Motivation Crowding Theory
Performance-based financing
Effect on maternal and child health services in Rwanda of payment to primary health-care providers for performance
The Inverse Care Law
Introducing payment for performance in the health sector of Tanzania- the policy process
Impact of international experience on research capacity of Chinese health professionals
Impact of implementing performance-based financing on childhood malnutrition in Rwanda
A systematic review of the literature for evidence on health facility committees in low- and middle-income countries
Evaluation Systems in Development Aid Agencies
An embeddedness framing of governance and opportunism
An equity analysis of performance-based financing in Rwanda
Studying the link between institutions and health system performance
Performance-based financing in the context of selective free health-care
Paying health workers for performance in a fragmented, fragile state
The effects of performance incentives on the utilization and quality of maternal and child care in Burundi
Improving health worker performance
Strengthening district health service management and delivery through internal contracting
Why performance-based contracting failed in Uganda - An "open-box" evaluation of a complex health system intervention
| Unique citing works | 46 |
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| Citations per year | 5,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 43 |