International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 36 Issue 6/7

Guest editorial: Payment for performance: comparing policy making, design and implementation in health, social care and education

Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Stephen Peckham, Garrett Wallace Brown, Dimitri Renmans, Allan Nuno Alves de Sousa

A comparative study of community verification processes in the context of performance-based financing in Mali and Burkina Faso

Tony Zitti, Abdouramane Coulibaly, Idriss Ali Zakaria Gali-Gali, Valery Ridde, Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay

This article compares the processes of community verification (CV) and user satisfaction surveys during the implementation of performance-based financing (PBF) in Mali and Burkina…

Barriers to social impact bond implementation: a review of evidence from the UK and US

Mikkel Munksgaard Andersen

This study investigates barriers to social impact bond (SIB) implementation through a review of academic and gray literature. A SIB is a type of public policy instrument that…

Pay-for-performance in healthcare provision: the role of discretion in policy implementation in Turkey

Puren Aktas, Jonathan Hammond, Liz Richardson

New Public Management-informed pay-for-performance policies are common in public sectors internationally but can be controversial with delivery agents. More attention is needed on…

Frontline workers' performance in prosocial tasks: evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field in Western India

Shuchi Srinivasan, Ankur Sarin

Frontline workers (FLWs) constitute a critical part of the implementation cadre within public policies, serving a significant role in the last-mile delivery of public goods and…

Policy mechanisms and types of participation in the implementation of the Brazilian pay-for-performance programme PMAQ

Germano Araujo Coelho, Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Stephen Peckham, Mariana de Andrade da Silva, Jaqueline Damasceno Silva, Maria Luiza Pereira Barretos, Gabriela Rocha, Alexandra Novais, Cristiane Lopes Simão Lemos, Amélia Cohn

The study compares how distinct mechanisms that connect pre-established policy objectives to professionals' practices, and the health policy implementation context influenced…

Pay for performance in Brazilian primary health care: quality of work processes, actions and services

Davllyn Santos Oliveira dos Anjos, Magda Duarte dos Anjos Scherer, Juliana Leal Ribeiro Cantalino, Everton Nunes da Silva

In 2011, Brazil introduced a national pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme called the National Program for Improving Primary Health Care Access and Quality (PMAQ), rolled out over…

Pay for performance at a crossroads: lessons from taking a global perspective

Søren Rud Kristensen, Laura Anselmi, Garrett Wallace Brown, Eleonora Fichera, Roxanne Kovacs, Rene Loewenson, Neha Singh, Nicholas Midzi, Fatimah Mustapha, Lee White, Josephine Borghi

The use of pay for performance (P4P) as an instrument to incentivise quality improvements in health care is at a crossroads in high-income countries but has remained a commonly…

Job (dis-)satisfaction in pay-for-performance health care contexts: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature

Paola Briganti, Davide de Gennaro, Filomena Buonocore, Luisa Varriale

Drawing on the pay-for-performance (P4P) and job satisfaction literatures through an analysis of qualitative studies published on the topic, the purpose of this study is to…