How much does it cost to combine supply-side and demand-side RBF approaches in a single intervention? Full cost analysis of the Results Based Financing for Maternal and Newborn Health Initiative in Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the economic cost associated with implementing the Results Based Financing for Maternal and Newborn Health (RBF4MNH) Initiative in Malawi. No specific hypotheses were formulated ex-ante.

Setting

Primary and secondary delivery facilities in rural Malawi.

Participants

Not applicable. The study relied almost exclusively on secondary financial data.

Intervention

The RBF4MNH Initiative was a results-based financing (RBF) intervention including both a demand and a supply-side component.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Cost per potential and for actual beneficiaries.

Results

The overall economic cost of the Initiative during 2011-2016 amounted to €12 786 924, equivalent to €24.17 per pregnant woman residing in the interventio

SUBMITTER: Torbica A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9020314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature