Trial reportImplementation science : IS2014
Protocol for the process evaluation of interventions combining performance-based financing with health equity in Burkina Faso.
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- Can Combining Performance-Based Financing With Equity Measures Result in Greater Equity in Utilization of Maternal Care Services? Evidence From Burkina Faso.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Trial
- Measuring and understanding the effects of a performance based financing scheme applied to nutrition services in Burundi-a mixed method impact evaluation design.International journal for equity in health · 2016Trial
- Challenges and opportunities in financing urban primary healthcare in Iran: pathways to universal health coverage.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Evolution of the nutritional status and factors associated with undernutrition in children under five of age between 2014 and 2017 in 24 health districts of Burkina Faso.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Costing curative outpatient care for the poorest in Burkina Faso: informing universal health coverage and leaving no one behind.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Nutritional status of children under five years and associated factors in 24 districts of Burkina Faso.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Scaling-Up Performance-Based Financing in Burkina Faso: From PBF to User Fees Exemption Strategic Purchasing.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- Examining the implementation of the Linda Mama free maternity program in Kenya.The International journal of health planning and management · 2021Article
- Factors related to excessive out-of-pocket expenditures among the ultra-poor after discontinuity of PBF: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso.Health economics review · 2020Article
- Do Targeted User Fee Exemptions Reach the Ultra-Poor and Increase their Healthcare Utilisation? A Panel Study from Burkina Faso.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- How does performance-based financing affect the availability of essential medicines in Cameroon? A qualitative study.Health policy and planning · 2019Article
- The Importance of Leadership and Organizational Capacity in Shaping Health Workers' Motivational Reactions to Performance-Based Financing: A Multiple Case Study in Burkina Faso.International journal of health policy and management · 2019Article
- The unintended consequences of combining equity measures with performance-based financing in Burkina Faso.International journal for equity in health · 2018Observational
- The "hot potato" topic: challenges and facilitators to promoting respectful maternal care within a broader health intervention in Tanzania.Reproductive health · 2018Article
- How much does community-based targeting of the ultra-poor in the health sector cost? Novel evidence from Burkina Faso.Health economics review · 2018Article
- Examining the Implementation of the Free Maternity Services Policy in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Process Evaluation.International journal of health policy and management · 2018Article
- Street-level workers' inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- A study on the implementation fidelity of the performance-based financing policy in Burkina Faso after 12 months.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2018Article
- Twelve months of implementation of health care performance-based financing in Burkina Faso: A qualitative multiple case study.The International journal of health planning and management · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe low quality of healthcare and the presence of user fees in Burkina Faso contribute to low utilization of healthcare and elevated levels of mortality. To improve access to high-quality healthcare and equity, national authorities are testing different intervention arms that combine performance-based financing with community-based health insurance and pro-poor targeting. There is a need to evaluate the implementation of these unique approaches. We developed a research protocol to analyze the conditions that led to the emergence of these intervention arms, the fidelity between the activities initially planned and those conducted, the implementation and adaptation processes, the sustainability of the interventions, the possibilities for scaling them up, and their ethical implications. METHODS/
designThe study adopts a longitudinal multiple case study design with several embedded levels of analyses. To represent the diversity of contexts where the intervention arms are carried out, we will select three districts. Within districts, we will select both primary healthcare centers (n =18) representing different intervention arms and the district or regional hospital (n =3). We will select contrasted cases in relation to their initial performance (good, fair, poor). Over a period of 18 months, we will use quantitative and qualitative data collection and analytical tools to study these cases including in-depth interviews, participatory observation, research diaries, and questionnaires. We will give more weight to qualitative methods compared to quantitative methods. DISCUSSION: Performance-based financing is expanding rapidly across low- and middle-income countries. The results of this study will enable researchers and decision makers to gain a better understanding of the factors that can influence the implementation and the sustainability of complex interventions aiming to increase healthcare quality as well as equity.
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