Bautista-Arredondo, Sergiode Walque, DamienKwan, AdaGertler, Paul J.de Dieu Bizimana, JeanBinagwaho, AgnèsVermeersch, ChristelCondo, Jeanine2013-04-102013-04-102013-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13134Paying for performance provides financial rewards to medical care providers for improvements in performance measured by specific utilization and quality of care indicators. In 2006, Rwanda began a paying for performance scheme to improve health services delivery, including HIV/AIDS services. This study examines the scheme's impact on individual and couples HIV testing and counseling and using data from a prospective quasi-experimental design. The study finds a positive impact of paying for performance with an increase of 6.1 percentage points in the probability of individuals having ever been tested. This positive impact is stronger for married individuals: 10.2 percentage points. The results also indicate larger impacts of paying for performance on the likelihood that the respondent reports both partners have ever been tested, especially among discordant couples (14.7 percentage point increase) in which only one of the partners is HIV positive.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGEDAIDS EPIDEMICAIDS PATIENTSANAEMIAANEMIABEHAVIORAL RISKBGBULLETINBURNSCAPACITY BUILDINGCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH SERVICESCONTRACEPTIONCOUNSELINGDEATHSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT POLICYDISSEMINATIONEPIDEMICEPIDEMICSEXPENDITURESFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTGLOBAL DEVELOPMENTGLOBAL HEALTHGLOBAL POPULATIONHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE PROVISIONHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH PROVIDERSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SECTOR REFORMHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SERVICES RESEARCHHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCEHEALTH-CARE PROVIDERSHIVHIV INFECTIONSHIV POSITIVEHIV PREVENTIONHIV TESTINGHIV TRANSMISSIONHIV/AIDSHOSPITALHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSIMMUNE DEFICIENCYIMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMESIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNODEFICIENCYINCOMEINDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICSINFANTSINFECTIONINFORMED CONSENTINTERVENTIONJOURNAL OF MEDICINELABOR SUPPLYMALARIAMANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMARITAL STATUSMATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTHMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL PERSONNELMEDICAL SUPPLIESMEDICINEMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOTHERMOTHER-TO-CHILDMOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONMSNATIONAL AIDSNATIONAL AIDS CONTROLNUMBER OF COUPLESPARTNER TESTINGPATIENTPATIENTSPHYSICIANPHYSICIANSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION DENSITYPREGNANT WOMENPRENATAL CAREPREVALENCEPREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSIONPRIMARY CAREPRIMARY HEALTH-CAREPROBABILITYPROGRESSPROVIDER INCENTIVESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF HEALTHQUALITY OF HEALTH CARERESPECTRISK REDUCTIONSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSEXSEXUAL ACTIVITYSEXUAL BEHAVIORSEXUAL PARTNERSEXUAL PARTNERSSEXUALLY ACTIVESOCIAL RESEARCHSOCIAL SCIENCESYNDROMESTBTHERAPYTREATMENTTUBERCULOSISUNAIDSUNINFECTED PARTNERUNIVERSAL ACCESSVIRUSVOLUNTARY COUNSELINGWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6364