Vouchers for Health : Using Voucher Schemes for Output-Based Aid

• Tác giả: Peter Sandiford
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 021.83 Financial support
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 294342
• Chủ đề: 1. ADOLESCENT; 2. CITIES; 3. COMMERCIAL SEX; 4. COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS; 5. CONDOMS

Tóm tắt

This Note examines an innovative, donor-supported voucher scheme to treat and prevent sexually transmitted diseases in Nicaragua. Voucher schemes enable donors to purchase outputs rather than inputs while also offering beneficiaries a choice of provider, a feature that sets them apart from other output-based approaches, such as supply-side subsidies to providers operating under performance-based contracts. Choice creates incentives to lower prices or raise quality (or both).