<p>It was not clear how readiness was measured. What parameters were used to measure readiness and how they were categorized? How many facilities were assessed in all? The results were contradictory, "The key informants unanimously agreed that many health facilities are not ready in terms of health financing and that if nothing is done about this, the facilities will not utilize the RBF funds appropriately" and "All the facilities that were assessed in the two districts were ready to provide services (mean score = 81.04%, S.D = 7.21%)" The authors did not make effort to reconcile this.</p>