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Performance-based Financing in Africa: Time to Test Measures for Equity.
Valéry Ridde1,2, Lara Gautier2,3, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay2
11 CEPED, IRD, Université Paris Descartes, Inserm, équipe SAGESUD, Paris, France.
Summary
Performance-based financing (PBF) reforms in Africa have overlooked equity and financial protection for the poor. Reforming PBF is crucial for achieving universal health coverage by 2030.
Area of Science:
- Health Policy and Economics
- Global Health Equity
Background:
- Performance-based financing (PBF) has received substantial investment in low- and middle-income countries over the last 15 years.
- Evidence regarding PBF's effectiveness and efficiency remains debated, with a growing consensus on its inadequate consideration of equity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze how PBF interventions in Africa have impacted equity of access to care and financial protection for disadvantaged populations.
- To examine the historical context of health reforms in Africa concerning equity considerations.
Main Methods:
- Review of historical health reforms in Africa.
- Analysis of PBF-type interventions and their equity implications.
Main Results:
- PBF interventions in Africa have not adequately addressed the equity of access to care for the most vulnerable.
- The lack of focus on equity in PBF is a recurring issue in African health reforms.
- Financial protection for the worst-off has been insufficient under current PBF models.
Conclusions:
- PBF and strategic purchasing reforms in Africa must be reoriented to prioritize equity and financial protection.
- Failure to integrate equity into PBF strategies will hinder progress towards universal health coverage by 2030.
Keywords:
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