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Using Supply-side Pay for Performance to Strengthen Health Prevention Activities and Improve Efficiency: The Case of Belize

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Michelle Vanzie, Natasha Hsi, Alix Beith, and Rena Eichler Published: 7/23/2010 Resource Description: Supply-side pay for performance (P4P) in Belize consists of monthly capitation payments, discounted based on achievement of monthly performance indicators by contracted public and private primary health care clinics, plus annual performance awards to the clinics. The goal of the […]

Angola Health System Assessment 2010

Health Systems Assessments, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Catherine Connor, Denise Averbug, and Maria Miralles Published: 7/15/2010 Resource Description: The Health Systems 20/20 Project fielded a three-person team to conduct a rapid assessment of the Angolan health system to inform USAID/Angola’s new health sector strategy for 2011-2015 and provide recommendations for the Angolan Ministry of Health (MINSA) that is launching a new […]

Paying for Performance: The Janani Suraksha Yojana Program in India

Health Finance, Human Resources for Health, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Vikas Dagur, Katherine Senauer, and Kimberly Switlick-Prose Published: 7/7/2010 Resource Description: The pay-for-performance (P4P) Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program in India consists of supply-side payments to individual community health workers and demand-side payments to women accessing a continuum of maternal and newborn health services at government or accredited private institutions. Its overall goal […]

Pay for Performance: Improving Maternal Health Services in Pakistan

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Human Resources for Health, Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Hamid Bashir, Sarfaraz Kazmi, Rena Eichler, Alix Beith, and Ellie Brown Published: 6/14/2010 Resource Description: Pay for performance (P4P) in Pakistan consists of supply-side payments to providers and demand-side vouchers that subsidize the costs of a package of reproductive health care services and transportation for poor women. The aim is to reduce maternal […]

Pay for Performance for Improved Health In Burundi

Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Dr. Jean-Francois Busogoro, MDPH, and Alix Beith Published: 6/11/2010 Resource Description: To increase utilization of health services and improve maternal and child health outcomes, Burundi is in the process of rolling out a publicly funded supply-side pay-for-performance (P4P) program nationwide consisting of payments to health facilities. Interesting features of this program include use of […]

Lesotho Health Systems Assessment 2010

Health Systems Assessments, Publications

Resource Type: Report Authors: Takondwa Mwase, Eddie Kariisa, Julie Doherty, Nomaphuthi Hoohlo-Khotle, Paul Kiwanuka-Mukiibi, Taylor Williamson Published: 6/1/2010 Resource Description: The Lesotho Health Systems Assessment was conducted by Health Systems 20/20 in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Irish Aid, and the USAID-funded Southern African Human Capacity Development Coalition and the Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems […]

Health Insurance Handbook: How to Make it Work

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Health Systems 20/20, Publications, Tools

Resource Type: Tool Authors: Hong Wang, Kimberly Switlick, Christine Ortiz, Catherine Connor, and Beatriz Zurita Published: 6/1/2010 Resource Description: The Health Insurance Handbook provides policymakers and health insurance designers with practical, action-oriented support to deepen their understanding of health insurance concepts, help them identify design and implementation challenges, and define realistic steps for the development and scaling up […]

Pay-for-Performance in Brazil: UNIMED-Belo Horizonte Physician Cooperation

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Human Resources for Health, Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Paulo Borem, Estevão Alves Valle, Monica Silva Monteiro De Castro, Ronaldo Kenzou Fujii, Ana Luiza de Oliveira Farias, Fabio Leite Gastal, and Catherine Connor Published: 5/24/2010 Resource Description: This case study presents the initial results of the pay-for-performance (P4P) experience of UNIMED-Belo Horizonte (UBH), a private, nonprofit organization in Brazil. UBH is both […]

Vouchers for Health: Increasing Utilization of Facility-based Family Planning and Safe Motherhood Services in Kenya

Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Health Finance, Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Publications

Resource Type: Case Study Authors: Ben Bellows, Matthew Hamilton, and Francis Kundu Published: 5/24/2010 Resource Description: This case study describes a Kenyan demand- and supply- side pay-for performance (P4P) scheme that uses vouchers as a means to reduce maternal and child mortality. Subsidized vouchers are targeted to poor women, enabling increased access to a range of safe motherhood and family planning services. […]

Measuring Health Systems Performance in Vietnam: Results from Eight Provincial Health Systems Assessments

Health Systems 20/20 Project, Health Systems Research, Presentations, Publications

Resource Type: Presentation Authors: Health Systems 20/20 Published: 4/2/2010 Resource Description: The Health Strategy and Policy Institute (Ministry of Health-Vietnam) recently conducted a sub-national health systems assessment in eight provinces of Vietnam with technical assistance from the Health Systems 20/20 project. The assessments provide a snapshot of how the health system is performing in the areas of governance, […]

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