After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that the analytical categories used in the first part of the discussion section, developed by Lara Gautier [2], was not cited. Furthermore, work of Barnes et al. [3] is now cited in the paragraph related to the PBF policy.The authors would like to update the following paragraphs to refer to her work [2].We should note that apart from Rwanda, many other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa like Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia were implementing or adopting PBF approach, and were seen as “flagship countries” [2] or innovators in such reforms.In other words, transnational advocates positioned the PBF policy as a “South-South learning” [3] process open to all countries willing to embark on it.Our findings show that this global player generated the interest of national health officials and shaped the degree to which performance-based financing emerged on the national policy agenda through numerous forms of influence, each identified in previous research on agenda setting [4-9] and have been conceptualized by Gautier [2].The first form of influence was financial [2].The second form of influence refers to ideation [2].Finally, the officials from the World Bank relied on “network-” [2] and “knowledge-based” [2] forms of influence [9].
Authors: Karin Lapping; Edward A Frongillo; Lisa J Studdert; Purnima Menon; Jennifer Coates; Patrick Webb Journal: Health Policy Plan Date: 2011-02-17 Impact factor: 3.344