Paul Jacob Robyn

Biographic Data

ID1249216
NAMEPaul Jacob Robyn
GIVEN NAMESPaul Jacob
FAMILY NAMERobyn
SIGNATUREROBYN P J
AFFILIATIONSWorld Bank
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • No impact of performance-based financing on the availability of essential medicines in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessJohannes Lohmann, Stephan Brenner et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Access to safe, effective, and affordable essential medicines (EM) is critical to quality health services and as such has played a key role in innovative health system strengthening approaches such as Performance-based Financing (PBF). Available literature indicates that PBF can improve EM availability, but has not done so consistently in the past. Qualitative explorations of the reasons are yet scarce. We contribute to expanding the literature b…

  • Why did performance-based financing in Burkina Faso fail to achieve the intended equity effects? A process tracing study

    Open AccessJohannes Lohmann, Jean-Louis Koulidiati et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 2References: 38

    In recent years, performance-based financing (PBF) has attracted attention as a means of reforming provider payment mechanisms in low- and middle-income countries. Particularly in combination with demand-side interventions, PBF has been assumed to benefit also the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. However, impact evaluations have often found this not to be the case. In Burkina Faso, PBF was coupled with specific equity measures to enhance…

  • Looking into the performance-based financing black box

    Open AccessDamien De Walque, Paul Jacob Robyn et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    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 PBF on health service coverage, often coupled with improvements in quality, but relatively little is known about the mechanisms driving those results. This article presents results of a randomized impact evaluation in Cameroon designed to isolate the role of specific compon…

  • Quality of clinical assessment and child mortality

    Open AccessNicole A Perales, Dorothy Wei et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020Cited by: 1References: 23

    This analysis describes specific gaps in the quality of health care in Central Africa and assesses the association between quality of clinical care and mortality at age 2–59 months. Regionally representative facility and household surveys for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Central African Republic were collected between 2012 and 2016. These data are novel in linking facilities with households in their catchment area. Complianc…

  • Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage

    Open AccessValery Ridde, Gerald Leppert et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2018

    This quantitative study confirmed earlier qualitative results on the importance of training and informing health workers and monitoring the measures targeting equity, to ensure compliance with government directives. The local context (e.g., hierarchy, health system, interventions) and the ideas that street-level workers have about the policy instruments can influence their effective implementation. Methods for remunerating health workers and heal…

  • The use of video vignettes to measure health worker knowledge. Evidence from Burkina Faso

    Open AccessSheheryar Banuri, Damien De Walque et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2018References: 12

  • Performance-based financing to increase utilization of maternal health services

    Open AccessMaria W Steenland, Paul Jacob Robyn et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2017

    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 PBF pilot program was launched in Boulsa, Leo and Titao districts in Burkina Faso with the objective of increasing the provision and quality of maternal health services. We evaluate the impact of this program using facility-level administrative data from the national health …

  • Provider payment methods and health worker motivation in community-based health insurance

    Open AccessPaul Jacob Robyn, Till Bärnighausen et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 2References: 46

  • Does enrollment status in community-based insurance lead to poorer quality of care? Evidence from Burkina Faso

    Open AccessPaul Jacob Robyn, Paul Robyn et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2013

    In 2004, a community-based health insurance (CBI) scheme was introduced in Nouna health district, Burkina Faso, with the objective of improving financial access to high quality health services. We investigate the role of CBI enrollment in the quality of care provided at primary-care facilities in Nouna district, and measure differences in objective and perceived quality of care and patient satisfaction between enrolled and non-enrolled population…

  • Provider payment in community-based health insurance schemes in developing countries

    Open AccessPaul Jacob Robyn, Rainer Sauerborn et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2013

  • Econometric analysis to evaluate the effect of community-based health insurance on reducing informal self-care in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessPaul Jacob Robyn, A Hill et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2012References: 50

    OBJECTIVE: This study examines the role of community-based health insurance (CBHI) in influencing health-seeking behaviour in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Community-based health insurance was introduced in Nouna district, Burkina Faso, in 2004 with the goal to improve access to contracted providers based at primary- and secondary-level facilities. The paper specifically examines the effect of CBHI enrolment on reducing the prevalence of seeking mod…

  • Health insurance and health-seeking behavior

    Open AccessPaul Jacob Robyn, Günther Fink et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2012Cited by: 5References: 28