Performance-based financing to increase utilization of maternal health services: Evidence from Burkina Faso
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Performance-based financing to increase utilization of maternal health services: Evidence from Burkina Faso☆
Performance-based financing (PBF) programs are increasingly implemented in low and middle-income countries to improve health service quality and utilization. In April 2011, a PBF pilot program was launched in Boulsa, Leo and Titao districts in Burkina Faso with the objective of increasing the provision and quality of maternal health services. We evaluate the impact of this program using facilit...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSM - Population Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2352-8273
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.01.001