Economic evaluation of Health Extension Program packages in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004, aimed at ensuring equitable community-level healthcare services through Health Extension Workers. Despite the program's being a flagship initiative, there is limited evidence on whether investment in the program represents good value for money. This study assessed the cost and cost-effectiveness of HEP interventions to inform policy decisions for resource allocation and priority setting in Ethiopia.

Methods

Twenty-one health care interventions were selected under the hygiene and sanitation, family health services, and disease prevention and control sub-domains. The ingredient bottom-up and top-down costing method was employed. Cost and cost-effectiveness were assessed from the provider perspective. Heal

SUBMITTER: Assebe LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853458 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature