Incentivizing Quantity and Quality of Care : Evidence from an Impact Evaluation of Performance-Based Financing in the Health Sector in Tajikistan
This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation of a performance-based financing pilot in rural areas of two regions of Tajikistan. Primary care facilities were given financial incentives conditional on general quality and the quantity prov...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612501564495857201/Incentivizing-Quantity-and-Quality-of-Care-Evidence-from-an-Impact-Evaluation-of-Performance-Based-Financing-in-the-Health-Sector-in-Tajikistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32154 |
| Summary: | This paper presents the results of an
impact evaluation of a performance-based financing pilot in
rural areas of two regions of Tajikistan. Primary care
facilities were given financial incentives conditional on
general quality and the quantity provided of selected
services related to reproductive, maternal and child health,
and hypertension-related services. The study relies on a
difference-in-difference design and large-scale household
and facility-based surveys conducted before the launch of
the pilot in 2015 and after three years of implementation.
The performance-based financing pilot had positive impacts
on quality of care. Significant impacts are measured on
facility infrastructure, infection prevention and control
standards, availability of equipment and medical supplies,
provider competency, provider satisfaction, and even some
elements of the content of care, measured through direct
observations of provider-patient interactions. While the
communities in the performance-based financing districts
reported higher satisfaction with the local primary care
facilities, and despite the improvements in quality, the
findings suggest moderate effects on utilization: among the
incentivized utilization indicators, only timely postnatal
care and blood pressure measurements for adults were
significantly impacted. |
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