ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2024
Analysis of social investment in health systems reform: a case study of results-based financing in Marondera District, Zimbabwe.
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Introduction: suboptimal use of donor funds and poor health systems performance is rife across most developing countries; to address this, results-based financing (RBF) models were developed. However, it is imperative to explore the emic and context specific influence of results-based financing in health systems performance. This study therefore sought to explore the influence of results-based financing on health worker motivation and governance, temporal perspective, distributional principle, and policy coherence. Finally, the influence of results-based financing on interrelations across donors, technical partners, and health workers was explored. Methods: the study adopted a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, phenomenological design using audio-recorded face-to-face semi-structured interviews to capture diverse perspectives from the remaining and available two health financing experts, two technical partner organization representatives, and six health workers who have been implementing results-based financing from 2011 to 2022 in the Marondera district of Zimbabwe. Data was transcribed and collectively analyzed using NVIVO software. Results: improved staff motivation, better governance, health system development, equity, and policy consistency were attributable to results-based financing, notwithstanding several challenges including understaffing, increased workload, procurement red tape, financial rigidity, and delays in subsidy payments, which eroded gains of better performance. Additionally, a lack of continuum of care due to user fees faced by the poor at higher levels of care, and limited engagement between donors and healthcare facility workers were also observed.
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