Performance-Based Financing to Strengthen the Health System in Benin: Challenging the Mainstream Approach

• Main Authors: Elisabeth Paul (Author), Mohamed Lamine Dramé (Author), Jean-Pierre Kashala (Author), Armand Ekambi Ndema (Author), Marcel Kounnou (Author), Julien Codjovi Aïssan (Author), Karel Gyselinck (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Performance-based financing (PBF) is often proposed as a way to improve health system performance. In Benin, PBF was launched in 2012 through a World Bank-supported project. The Belgian Development Agency (BTC) followed suit through a health system strengthening (HSS) project. This paper...