Distributional impact of infectious disease interventions in the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Reducing inequalities in health and financial risk are key goals on the path toward universal health coverage, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. The design of the health benefit package creates an opportunity to select interventions through established criteria. The aim of this study is to examine the health equity and financial protection impact of selected interventions, along with their costs, at the national level in Ethiopia.

Design

Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis.

Population

The eligible population for all selected interventions is assumed to be 10 million.

Data sources

Data on disease prevalence and population size were gathered from the Global Burden of Disease database, and average health benefits and program

SUBMITTER: Assebe LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357664 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature