Hospital funding mechanisms are a key part of the process of reform in many health care systems. Many countries with publicly funded systems have introduced, or modified, systems of global budgets. Global budgets can be used to deliver changes to service delivery patterns.
Author/s: John C. Langenbrunner, Cheryl Cashin, Sheila O'Dougherty
The book has chapters on three of the most effective provider payment systems: primary care per capita (capitation) payment, case-based hospital payment, and hospital global budgets. It also includes a primer on a second policy lever used by purchasers, namely, contracting. This primer can be especially useful with one provider payment method: hospital global budgets. The volume's final chapter provides an outline for designing, launching, and running a health management information system, as well as the necessary infrastructure for strategic purchasing.
Author/s: Rena Eichler, Ruth Levine, Performance-Based Incentives Working Group
This book documents a host of experiences with incentives for maternal and child health care, tuberculosis, child nutrition, HIV/AIDS, chronic conditions and more.
This guide aims at providing policymakers and donors with the tools needed to determine the appropriateness of competitive vouchers, as well as information on the design, execution, and monitoring of projects under this type of scheme.
A key element of the Norwegian Health Results-based Financing (HRBF) Grant is that each of the 8 pilot countries will incorporate a rigorous and well designed impact evaluation into the program design and implementation.
A Toolkit on Performance-Based Contracting for Health Services: A new publication in the HNP Series, with support from WBI, provides governments, task teams, NGOs, and other interested stakeholders with a practical, “how-to” guide to contracting.
This is a summary of sections 1 and 2 of the book Performance-Based Contracting for Health Services in a Developing Country.
It defines the definition and basic aspects of "performance-based contracting" and some points to determine whether it should be used.
The HRBF Survey Firm TOR details the activities for the firm responsible for piloting, hiring field staff, training, pre-testing, field work, and data entry.
