Risk Factors and Opportunities in the Scale-Up of Basic Minimum Package of Health Services by the Basic Health Care Provision Fund in Kogi State

Abstract

The epidemiologic approach was used to conduct the cross-sectional survey to observe and identify supply-side risks qualitatively and quantitatively linked to the determinants of the outcomes for Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) implementation. The data analysis was conducted on survey datasets obtained from the stratified random sampling based on Integrated Supportive Supervision survey, (n=127) that received Decentralized Facility Financing (DFF) not after the 30th of September, 2022 from a population of 220 PHCs eligible for DFF) . Evaluative research is crucial to improving systems and services at 220 BHCPF designated sites, to ensure that strengths are rewarded, weaknesses observed compared to the expectations for outcomes in the intervention linked to risk factors compared to SDGs targets