HSR 2018 Liverpool: a summary of our interventions on health systems research

The Global Symposium on Health Systems Research is organized every two years by Health Systems Global to bring together the full range of players involved in health systems and policy research and practice. Valéry Ridde and several collaborators, researchers and students, presented some of their work at the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2018) held in Liverpool from October 8th to October 12h, 2018. All the presentations are available hereunder. (suite…)

Le financement basé sur la performance dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire: n’est-il pas temps de le repenser?

Performance-based financing in low-income and middle-income countries: isn’t it time for a rethink?Traduction de l’article: Performance-Based Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Isn’t it time for a re-think?

Cet article est une collaboration entre des chercheurs, des universitaires et des experts en santé publique d’Europe, d’Amérique du Nord et d’Afrique, qui travaillent avec les gouvernements bénéficiaires, dans des centres de recherche ou des agences de coopération, ou en tant qu’experts individuels. Il présente un point de vue critique sur la façon dont le FBR est mis en œuvre, et remet en question l’opinion selon laquelle le financement basé sur les résultats (FBR) dans le secteur de la santé est une approche efficace, efficiente et équitable pour améliorer la performance des systèmes de santé dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. L’article est paru en janvier 2018 dans BMJ Global Health. (suite…)

Donor-funded project’s sustainability assessment: a qualitative case study of a results-based financing pilot in Koulikoro region, Mali.

This study was just published in the Globalization and Health Journal. The authors, Mathieu Seppey, Valéry Ridde, Laurence Touré and Abdourahmane Coulibaly aimed to understand a pilot project’s sustainability process and to assess its level of sustainability. The project’s objective was to improve demand and supply of health services through financing performance.

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The unintended consequences of community verifications for performance-based financing in Burkina Faso

This study is available in open access in the Volume 191 of Social Science & Medicine Journal until November 9th, 2017. The authors, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali, Manuela De Allegri and Valéry Ridde documented the unintended consequences of community verifications for performance-based financing in Burkina Faso through a multiple case study of seven healthcare facilities in Burkina Faso.

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Setting performance-based financing in the health sector agenda: a case study in Cameroon

This case study examines the policy process behind the introduction of performance-based financing program in Cameroon. The article was published in Globalization and Health Journal on August 1st, 2017, and was written by Isidore Sieleunou, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Jean-Claude Taptué Fotso, Denise Magne Tamga, Habakkuk Azinyui Yumo, Estelle Kouokam and Valery Ridde. (suite…)