Performance-Based Incentives for Health: a Way to Improve Tuberculosis Detection and Treatment Completion?

This paper analyzes the use of financial and material incentives for patients and healthcare providers to improve tuberculosis detection and successful completion of treatment. Incentives, which can include money, food and other material goods, directed toward patients are conditional on completing steps in the treatment process to ensure adherence to the lengthy treatment schedule. Incentives directed at providers seek to improve the quality of diagnosis, expand access to treatment, and improve teamwork. [publisher’s description]