Pay for Performance

To reinforce high-quality maternal care delivery, the ValuePoints (VP) system integrated a performance-based financial incentive for healthcare providers. Each ValuePoint earned was linked to a monetary reward, enabling providers to access additional resources that directly supported maternity care services.

Incentive Structure and Provider Benefits

For every ValuePoint obtained, providers received a financial incentive of 7,500 TZS (approximately 2.8 USD). These funds were either payed in cash or credited to a digital wallet, which providers could use to procure essential medical supplies.

Providers leveraged their wallet balances to order key resources such as:

• Medical equipment to improve service delivery
  
• Medications and consumables to enhance patient care
  
• Other critical supplies essential for high-quality maternal health services

Procurement and logistics were centrally managed by the local PharmAccess team, ensuring efficient, transparent, and timely distribution of resources.

Take-aways

By integrating financial incentives into maternal health service delivery, the ValuePoints system offers a cost-effective strategy to ensure evidence-based resource distribution and performance-linked healthcare improvements.