Budgeting for Environmental Health Services in Healthcare Facilities: A Ten-Step Model for Planning and Costing.

ABSTRACT: Environmental health services (EHS) in healthcare facilities (HCFs) are critical for safe care provision, yet their availability in low- and middle-income countries is low. A poor understanding of costs hinders progress towards adequate provision. Methods are inconsistent and poorly documented in costing literature, suggesting opportunities to improve evidence. The goal of this research was to develop a model to guide budgeting for EHS in HCFs. Based on 47 studies selected through a systematic review, we identified discrete budgeting steps, developed codes to define each step, and ordered steps into a model. We identified good practices based on a review of additional selected guidelines for costing EHS and HCFs. Our model comprises ten steps in three phases: planning, data collection, and

SUBMITTER: Anderson DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143484 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature