She said the organization would aim to stay that course through efficiency gains realized from improved business practices – and through the work of its National Committees, which have redoubled their efforts to mobilize resources for children.
Our review found some evidence that certain types of provider payment (capitation, salary plus performance bonus) can lead to efficiency gains and contribute to improved CBI performance in developing countries, while others (namely fee-for-service) may pose threats to the long-term financial viability of CBI schemes.
That is probably enough to kill the idea forever, but it is still worth thinking about because it would equalize the tax treatment of all investments, including in one's own home, which would yield efficiency gains for the economy and improve fairness between owners and renters.
Support to utilities in reducing Non-Revenue Water falls firmly within this category -- in our view these types of efficiency gains are essential, win-win, and could be applied to improve service levels in any city.
Mainly improving efficiency levels without corresponding quality improvement plans could compromise quality care and render high efficiency gains meaningless.
Relational coordination is thought to achieve these gains in efficiency by improving the exchange of information relevant to patient care.
Efficiency gains can be made through adoption of promising strategies such as sector wide approaches to improve harmonisation and coordination of efforts in countries.
This ceiling on standard payments would serve to drive substantial efficiency gains across the Global Fund's investment portfolio and exert pressure on other funders to decrease their own unit costs and improve efficiency.
This includes a potential 10%% technical efficiency gain (i.e. by improving the service delivery mechanism), a 7%% potential scale efficiency gain (if they operate at the right scale) and a likely 7%% congestion efficiency gain (if surgical complications were minimised).
The efficiency gains remain hypothetical.
