Understanding efficiency and the effect of pay-for-performance across health facilities in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring efficient use and allocation of limited resources is crucial to achieving the UHC goal. Performance-based financing that provides financial incentives for health providers reaching predefined targets would be expected to enhance technical efficiency across facilities by promoting an output-oriented payment system. However, there is no study which has systematically assessed efficiency scores across facilities before and after the introduction of pay-for-performance (P4P). This paper seeks to fill this knowledge gap.

Methods

We used data of P4P evaluation related to healthcare inputs (staff, equipment, medicines) and outputs (outpatient consultations and institutional deliveries) from 75 health facilities implementing P4P in Pwani region, and 75 from compa

SUBMITTER: Binyaruka P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7264634 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature