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- Title
Costing Interventions for Developing an Essential Package of Health Services: Application of a Rapid Method and Results From Pakistan.
- Authors
Raza, Wajeeha; Zulfiqar, Wahaj; Shah, Mashal Murad; Huda, Maryam; Akhtar, Syeda Shehirbano; Aqeel, Urooj; Kanwal, Saira; Khalid, Muhammad; Zaidi, Raza; Jansen, Maarten; Kitson, Nichola; Bijlmakers, Leon; Siddiqi, Sameen; Alwan, Ala; Vassall, Anna; Torres-Rueda, Sergio
- Abstract
Background: The Federal Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (MNHSR&C) in Pakistan has committed to progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 by providing an Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS). Starting in 2019, the Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition (DCP3) evidence framework was used to guide the development of Pakistan's EPHS. In this paper, we describe the methods and results of a rapid costing approach used to inform the EPHS design process. Methods: A total of 167 unit costs were calculated through a context-specific, normative, ingredients-based, and bottom-up economic costing approach. Costs were constructed by determining resource use from descriptions provided by MNHSR&C and validated by technical experts. Price data from publicly available sources were used. Deterministic univariate sensitivity analyses were carried out. Results: Unit costs ranged from 2019 US$ 0.27 to 2019 US$ 1478. Interventions in the cancer package of services had the highest average cost (2019 US$ 837) while interventions in the environmental package of services had the lowest (2019 US$ 0.68). Cost drivers varied by platform; the two largest drivers were drug regimens and surgery-related costs. Sensitivity analyses suggest our results are not sensitive to changes in staff salary but are sensitive to changes in medicine pricing. Conclusion: We estimated a large number of context-specific unit costs, over a six-month period, demonstrating a rapid costing method suitable for EPHS design.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; NATIONAL health services; MEDICAL care; COST accounting; PRICES; UNIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
International Journal of Health Policy & Management, 2024, Vol 13, p1
- ISSN
2322-5939
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.34172/ijhpm.2023.8006