Unit Costing of Health Extension Worker Activities in Ethiopia: A Model for Managers at the District and Health Facility Level.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Over the last decade, Ethiopia has made impressive national improvements in health outcomes, including reductions in maternal, neonatal, infant, and child mortality attributed in large part to their Health Extension Program (HEP). As this program continues to evolve and improve, understanding the unit cost of health extension worker (HEW) services is fundamental to planning for future growth and ensuring adequate financial support to deliver effective primary care throughout the country. METHODS:We sought to examine and report the data needed to generate a HEW fee schedule that would allow for full cost recovery for HEW services. Using HEW activity data and estimates from national studies and local systems we were able to estimate salary costs and the average time spent by an HE

SUBMITTER: Canavan ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953522 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature