TABLE 2.
Characteristics of Quality of Care Components in PBF Programs (N= 23)
Abbreviations: CDC, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; GF, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; KfW, Kreditanstalt Für Wiederaufbau; PBF, performance-based financing; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; PHC, primary health center; USAID, U.S. Agency of International Development.
The table includes only the PBF programs for which we received manuals. The year denotes the version of the manual provided for this analysis.
The Quality Performance Threshold (%) provides the performance threshold that health facilities must achieve in order to receive any quality bonus or incentive. For instance, in Burkina Faso, health facilities must score at least 50% on the quality checklist to receive a quality bonus. The amount of the bonus is quantity bonus amount ($) multiplied by quality score (50% or higher).
The Quality Payment Proportion (%) column details the quality payment proportion if the program provides further stipulations to the quality payment calculation beyond the Quality Performance Thresholds reported in the previous column. For instance, in Djibouti, if a health facility scores above 80% on the quality checklist, it receives a quality bonus that is equal to 30% of its calculated quantity bonus. However, if a health facility scores 45% on the quality checklist, it loses 10% of its anticipated quantity bonus. The percentages provided in the Quality Payment Proportion column are the proportion of the quantity payment that is allocated due to the quality score. None of the information provided in this table differs by facility level (primary, secondary, tertiary) except for when denoted in the Quality Payment Proportion column.
Information about the payment classification for Kyrgyz Republic was requested but the question remains unanswered.