Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in LMICs

This presentation from Sophie Witter & Karin Diaconu of Queen Margaret University, UK outlines the findings from a Cochrane review undertaken by the team on paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low and middle-income countries.

Download a PDF of the presentation here, or read the slides below.

The full review itself can be found on the Cochrane website along with a summary of the paper [open new tabs].

On the Cochrane website you can also listen to a podcast [opens a new tab] in which one of the authors, Professor Sophie Witter, tells us about the strategy and its effectiveness. English and Spanish versions are available.

This was one presentation of a series in the World Bank global results-based financing reflection workshops in February to March 2021. A complementary presentation from Maria Bertone on ReBUILD’s related work can be read here.

The presentation covers:

• Methods
  • Locating the evidence
  • Extracting the data and synthesizing
  • Assessing the evidence
• Results
  • What studies are included
  • Characteristics of  paying for performance schemes and types of schemes
  • Overview of Risk of Bias and quality of evidence
  • Overview of main findings by clinical area
• Conclusion

Download a PDF of the presentation here.