IT has been asserted that the ‘Performance Based Financing Scheme’ introduced in health facilities in Bauchi state which pays staff’s incentives based on their services has improved health workers’ productivity significantly. The assertion was made by the Bauchi State Commissioner of Health, Dr Zuwaira Ibrahim Hassan, while delivering a paper entitled ‘Performance Based Financing : A tool for Achieving Universal Health Coverage’ delivered at a lecture organized by the Clinical Activities Coordinating Committee (CACC) of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi to its staff held on Thursday. “Health personnel appreciates Performance Based Financing because it increases staff remuneration and it is a more just system because people earn more when they work more. Government finds it attractive since it helps them to improve social services, enhance efficiency and boost the health status of the population “, she opined. Zuwaira Hassan added that “Performance-Based Financing expands coverage of health services for the general population and especially for the poorest and improves access to good quality health services”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 08, 2019 16:41 UTC