Costs and resource needs for primary health care in Ethiopia: evidence to inform planning and budgeting for universal health coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has made significant progress in expanding access to primary health care (PHC) over the past 15 years. However, achieving national PHC targets for universal health coverage will require a significant increase in PHC financing. The purpose of this study was to generate cost evidence and provide recommendations to improve PHC efficiency.

Methods

We used the open access Primary Health Care Costing, Analysis, and Planning (PHC-CAP) Tool to estimate actual and normative recurrent PHC costs in nine Ethiopian regions. The findings on actual costs were based on primary data collected in 2018/19 from a sample of 20 health posts, 25 health centers, and eight primary hospitals. Three different extrapolation methods were used to estimate act

SUBMITTER: Alebachew A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10762776 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature