Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot

Over the last decade, results-based financing (RBF) health programs have been implemented in several countries at different levels of income. Due to its requirement of rigorous verification of results as a condition for financing, as well as a numb...

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Main Author: Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300631536606199486/Improving-Grassroots-Service-Delivery-Using-Results-Based-Financing-in-Vietnam-An-Assessment-of-the-Nghe-An-Pilot
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spelling okr-10986-304762021-05-25T09:18:07Z Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong RESULTS-BASED FINANCING HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SERVICES Over the last decade, results-based financing (RBF) health programs have been implemented in several countries at different levels of income. Due to its requirement of rigorous verification of results as a condition for financing, as well as a number of accompanying measures to help achieve the results, RBF has a promise of value for money. RBF's potential for improving the performance of the service delivery system has led the government of Vietnam to undertake a pilot of RBF in the Nghe An province as part of a World Bank funded operation. The main objective of the pilot was to experiment an RBF approach in the Vietnam context, where public sector providers have been receiving budget allocation based on inputs rather than performance. A secondary objective was to test the effects of RBF in improving quality of care at the grassroots level and in addressing the challenges of emerging noncommunicable diseases. The intervention included quality improvement at the district level and both quality and quantity of services at commune health station. 2018-10-01T20:32:31Z 2018-10-01T20:32:31Z 2018-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300631536606199486/Improving-Grassroots-Service-Delivery-Using-Results-Based-Financing-in-Vietnam-An-Assessment-of-the-Nghe-An-Pilot http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30476 English Health, Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SERVICES
Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong
Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
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description Over the last decade, results-based financing (RBF) health programs have been implemented in several countries at different levels of income. Due to its requirement of rigorous verification of results as a condition for financing, as well as a number of accompanying measures to help achieve the results, RBF has a promise of value for money. RBF's potential for improving the performance of the service delivery system has led the government of Vietnam to undertake a pilot of RBF in the Nghe An province as part of a World Bank funded operation. The main objective of the pilot was to experiment an RBF approach in the Vietnam context, where public sector providers have been receiving budget allocation based on inputs rather than performance. A secondary objective was to test the effects of RBF in improving quality of care at the grassroots level and in addressing the challenges of emerging noncommunicable diseases. The intervention included quality improvement at the district level and both quality and quantity of services at commune health station.
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author Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong
author_facet Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong
author_sort Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong
title Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
title_short Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
title_full Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
title_fullStr Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
title_full_unstemmed Improving Grassroots Service Delivery Using Results-Based Financing in Vietnam : An Assessment of the Nghe An Pilot
title_sort improving grassroots service delivery using results-based financing in vietnam : an assessment of the nghe an pilot
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/300631536606199486/Improving-Grassroots-Service-Delivery-Using-Results-Based-Financing-in-Vietnam-An-Assessment-of-the-Nghe-An-Pilot
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