Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Olusola Olabisi Ogunseye he is working at the University of Ibadan as a professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences which is located at Ibadan, Nigeria
Research Article
Data Validation as a Key Step in Payment of Performance Based Financing Subsidies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Author(s): Olusola Olabisi Ogunseye*
Data validation is a crucial processes in any performance-based financing (PBF) scheme as it a precursor to the payment of PBF subsidies to beneficiaries. Through literature review and collection of supplementary data from PBF scheme in Nasarawa State of Nigeria, this paper analyses key elements of the data validation process in PBF schemes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Analysis shows that data validation is a rigorous, time-consuming and costly activity. Data validation in PBF is a combination of health facility level quantity and quality verifications and counter-verifications with variations in methodology and intensity according to country-specific preferences. In Nasarawa State PBF scheme, result shows that 19.7% an.. View more»