Delivering a primary-level non-communicable disease programme for Syrian refugees and the host population in Jordan: a descriptive costing study.

ABSTRACT: The Syrian conflict has caused enormous displacement of a population with a high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden into surrounding countries, overwhelming health systems' NCD care capacity. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) developed a primary-level NCD programme, serving Syrian refugees and the host population in Irbid, Jordan, to assist the response. Cost data, which are currently lacking, may support programme adaptation and system scale up of such NCD services. This descriptive costing study from the provider perspective explored financial costs of the MSF NCD programme. We estimated annual total, per patient and per consultation costs for 2015-17 using a combined ingredients-based and step-down allocation approach. Data were collected via programme budgets, facility records, direct

SUBMITTER: Ansbro E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8312704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature