By December 1998, the authority's lawyer, John B. Wood, complained that work was proceeding slowly and filed a lawsuit claiming that the landlord had failed to get the proper insurance and performance bonds for contractors.
JT is a medical doctor specializing in community health, and coordinator for Universal Health Coverage, health insurance, and Performance Based Financing at the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Amsterdam.
Often, evaluation reflects differing perceptions of insurance and performance rather than actual performance improvement [ 50]; hence, there is a need to refine accountability for a greater public good [ 51].
Community-based health insurance and performance-based financing have been rolled out.
Following pilot experiments in three districts with community-based health insurance and performance-based financing systems, the health coverage was scaled up to cover the whole nation in 2004 and 2005.
Efficiency of HIV/AIDS health centers and effect of community-based health insurance and performance-based financing on HIV/AIDS service delivery in Rwanda.
Reforms currently under discussion in Uganda include health insurance and performance-based contracts, both would change how providers are paid.
The merits of DFF should be considered in relation to alternative mechanisms for financing peripheral health facilities, such as increasing central allocations to the district level, raising user fees, and introducing community-based health insurance and performance-based financing initiatives.
Current UHC reform options being explored within Malawi, such as complementary micro health insurance and performance-based financing, need to target filling the specific universal health coverage gaps identified by community residents.
In discussions about health care, the focus groups results indicated that, although individuals may have geographical access to health care, a better measurement of health-care access might include average wait time in a clinic, type and cost of the clinic, whether or not the clinic accepts insurance, and potential performance metrics for pharmacies in the area.
7, 13 This study also contributes to the evaluation of other concurrent initiatives in Rwanda, community-based health insurance (CBHI) and performance-based financing (PBF).
