Analysis of the implementation structures of Results Based Financing models in Benin on 2015

Abstract

Results-based financing (RBF) is described as an intervention that generates significant results in health services. The lack of evidence in Benin since its adoption led this study to analyze, via functions supported by institutional framework, the quality of implementation and the sustainability characteristics of the two RBF models used in the country.  The study was carried out on 2015 in two zones covered by the RBF_PRPSS model developed by the Health System Performance Strengthening Project (PRPSS) and two others exposed to the RBF_PASS model implemented by the Health System Support Project (PASS). The data collected by documentary review and interview were used to determine the quality index of the RBF implementation. The two models, whose structures implicitly integrated five functions, presented at the start a weak functionality of the health facilities and an irregularity and a low quality of the regulation. Three years after its start, the quality of RBF implementation in Benin was below average, with an index of 52.5% (± 5%) in the RBF_PRPSS and 45.5% (± 5%) in the RBF_PASS. The functions with the lowest scores in both models were regulation, delivery and verification. In sum, reactivity and efficiency were low in RBF_PRPSS while reactivity and independence were low in RBF_PASS. The low quality of implementation of the two RBF models and the uncertainty of the financing, concomitant with the delay of evidence, hypothecate their durability and incite to design a harmonized and adapted model for the country.