World Bank: Financial and Other Rewards for Good Performance or Results: A Guided Tour of Concepts and Terms and a Short Glossary of RBF
Friday, 10 September 2010 09:03
Written by http://www.rbfhealth.org
Results-Based Financing (RBF) has been defined as "a cash payment or non-monetary transfer made to a national or subnational government, manager, provider, payer or consumer of health services after predefined results have been attained and verified. Payment is conditional on measurable actions being undertaken." (
www.rbfhealth.org). RBF is an umbrella term because the definition is general and characterizes various programs in many countries. Different labels exist for essentially the same concept or are associated with different incentives and payment arrangements.
This essay and glossary describe how different terms are used and points out significant distinctions among types of RBF programs.
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