Priority rank | Level of incentive | Research question* |
1 | Community-focused interventions | How can the poor be protected from impoverishing payments for catastrophic health events, including the purchase of medicines? |
2 | Provider-focused financing models | How can service administrators best identify inefficient health expenditure? What strategies can be used to optimise financial efficiency? |
3 | System-level funding policies | How do different primary health care financing models impact health outcomes? |
4 | Provider-focussed financing models | How can we protect the budget allocation for primary health care and ensure it is not consumed by tertiary care? |
5 | Community-focused interventions | What financial incentives are effective in encouraging people to preferentially use primary health care? |
6 | System-level funding policies | In predominantly public systems, where and how can contracting with private providers improve the efficiency of primary care? |
7 | Provider-focused financing models | What incentives are effective in improving the performance of primary care service providers? |
8 | Provider-focussed financing models/system level funding policies | What is the relative cost-effectiveness of different models of primary health care, including health workforce skill mix? |
9 | Provider-focussed financing models | What organisational capacity is required by health centres to manage finances at the primary health care level? |
10 | System-level funding policies | What are sustainable alternative sources of funds for primary health care, at local and national level (beyond the ministry of health budget)? |
*The top eight research questions received a median priority score of 4 or 5 (ie, two highest priority levels).