Verification of Performance in Results-Based Financing : The Case of Panama's Health Protection for Vulnerable Populations (PSPV) Program
Verification differentiates results-based financing (RBF) from other health-financing mechanisms, and it is considered an important process of RBF program design and implementation. Despite the vital role it plays in RBF, not much has been written...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26193728/verification-performance-results-based-financing-rbf-case-panamas-health-protection-vulnerable-populations-pspv-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24448 |
| Summary: | Verification differentiates
results-based financing (RBF) from other health-financing
mechanisms, and it is considered an important process of RBF
program design and implementation. Despite the vital role it
plays in RBF, not much has been written about verification
as a process, and information about different elements of
the process, frequency, cost, and direct and indirect
effects among others, is scarce. Panama’s Health Protection
for Vulnerable Populations Program (PSPV) uses an RBF
mechanism to deliver health services to the country’s rural
poor. As in many RBF schemes, a major component of the PSPV
is the verification of results. This study focuses on PSPV’s
verification process, highlights its results and their
application, and identifies lessons learned. Such
information is useful to policy makers and technical experts
interested in or designing RBF mechanisms. |
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