Cost of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme in North India.

ABSTRACT:

Background & objectives

Despite significant resources being spent on National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), there are meagre published data on health system cost upon its implementation. Hence, the present study estimated the annual and unit cost of different services delivered under NVBDCP in North India.

Methodology

Economic cost of implementing NVBDCP was estimated based on data collected from three North Indian States, i.e. Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Multistage stratified random sampling was used for selecting health facilities across each level [i.e. subcentres (SCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs), community health centres (CHCs) and district malaria office (DMO)] from the selected States. Data on annual consumption of both capital and recu

SUBMITTER: Monga D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552385 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature