Table of contents - Special Issue: Policy challenges and innovative analyses of payment for performance in health care
Guest Editors: Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Lindsay J L Forbes, Stephen Peckham
Engaging general practitioners in pay-for-performance scheme design
Verna SmithPolicymakers implementing pay-for-performance schemes within general practice should seek to design schemes which work with rather than against the professional values and goals…
Tools of power: pay-for-performance in French and German health reforms
Matthias BrunnPay-for-performance (P4P) as an innovation for improved health care has been introduced in many health systems worldwide. The aim of this article is to apply and refine a specific…
Adapting results-based financing to respond to endogenous and exogenous moderators in Zimbabwe
Artwell Kadungure, Garrett Wallace Brown, Rene Loewenson, Gwati GwatiThis study examines key adaptations that occurred in the Zimbabwean Results-Based Financing (RBF) programme between 2010 and 2017, locating the endogenous and exogenous factors…
Sustainability determinants of the Burkinabe performance-based financing project
Mathieu Seppey, Paul-André Somé, Valéry RiddeA performance-based financing (PBF) pilot project was implemented in 2011 in Burkina Faso. After more than five years of implementation (data collection in 2016), the project's…
Exploring frontliners' knowledge, participation and evaluation in the implementation of a pay-for-performance program (PMAQ) in primary health care in Brazil
Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Matthew Harris, Fernanda Ramos Parreira, Raquel Abrantes Pêgo, Germano Araujo Coelho, Renata Batista Lozano, Pedro dos Santos Mundim, Stephen PeckhamThis paper employs implementation theory and the political literature on performance measurement to understand how frontline health workers know, participate and evaluate the…
What theories underpin performance-based financing? A scoping review
Elisabeth Paul, Oriane Bodson, Valéry RiddeThe study aims to explore the theoretical bases justifying the use of performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The effect of payment method and multimorbidity on health and healthcare utilisation
Helen Hayes, Jonathan Stokes, Søren Rud Kristensen, Matt SuttonThree types of payment methods have been introduced across European countries in attempts to encourage better, more integrated care of persons with multimorbidity…
