Supply-side interventions to improve health: Findings from the Salud Mesoamerica Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Results-based aid (RBA) is increasingly used to incentivize action in health. In Mesoamerica, the region consisting of southern Mexico and Central America, the RBA project known as the Salud Mesoamérica Initiative (SMI) was designed to target disparities in maternal and child health, focusing on the poorest 20% of the population across the region.

Methods and findings

Data were first collected in 365 intervention health facilities to establish a baseline of indicators. For the first follow-up measure, 18 to 24 months later, 368 facilities were evaluated in these same areas. At both stages, we measured a near-identical set of supply-side performance indicators in line with country-specific priorities in maternal and child health. All countries showed progress in pe

SUBMITTER: Mokdad AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5901783 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature