Process evaluation of health system costing - Experience from CHSI study in India.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A national study, 'Costing of healthcare services in India' (CHSI) aimed at generating reliable healthcare cost estimates for health technology assessment and price-setting is being undertaken in India. CHSI sampled 52 public and 40 private hospitals in 13 states and used a mixed micro-costing approach. This paper aims to outline the process, challenges and critical lessons of cost data collection to feed methodological and quality improvement of data collection. METHODS:An exploratory survey with 3 components-an online semi-structured questionnaire, group discussion and review of monitoring data, was conducted amongst CHSI data collection teams. There were qualitative and quantitative components. Difficulty in obtaining individual data was rated on a Likert scale. RESULTS:Mean

SUBMITTER: Prinja S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7219765 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature