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Bhutan Healthcare Costing Analysis

dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-02T13:47:14Z
dc.date.available2024-05-02T13:47:14Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-02
dc.description.abstractThis report is the outcome of a costing study undertaken to obtain information about the costs of delivering health services at different administrative health care levels in Bhutan, to:Inform the Ministry of Health about the costs of delivering various types of services at different levels; • Increase cost-awareness and knowledge about healthcare delivery costs among policy researchers and the general public; Support future evidence-based and informed policy decisions to increase efficiency of the Bhutanese health sector. The study reviewed healthcare costs and activities in 9 districts, covering a total of 12 facilities, including: the National Referral Hospital, the 2 Regional Referral Hospitals, 4 district hospitals, two 10- bedded hospitals and 3 primary health centers. The study made use of an easily replicable methodology to assess the cost of resources used to provide services covering the 2018/2019 financial year. The study also updates a similar study undertaken in 2011 for the 2009/2010 financial year. For the purposes of the study, a costing model was developed using internationally recognized methodologies that were adjusted to the Bhutanese health system.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042624133528035/P1705441582d5e0c81abbf1ee85f63c514c
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41481
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41481
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectGOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
dc.subjectSDG 3
dc.subjectHEALTH BENEFITS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE BUDGET PROCESS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE DELIVERY MARKETS
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT FINANCE
dc.titleBhutan Healthcare Costing Analysisen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleBhutan Healthcare Costing Analysis
okr.date.disclosure2024-05-02
okr.date.lastmodified2024-04-26T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeReport
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042624133528035/P1705441582d5e0c81abbf1ee85f63c514c
okr.guid099042624133528035
okr.identifier.docmidP170544-582d5e67-ea71-4fc8-abbf-ee85f63c514c
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41481
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34309006
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34309006
okr.identifier.report189689
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042624133528035/pdf/P1705441582d5e0c81abbf1ee85f63c514c.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBhutan
okr.sectorHealth-HG
okr.themeMalaria,Human Development and Gender,Nutrition,Non-communicable diseases,Reproductive and Maternal Health,Disease Control,Health Service Delivery,Child Health,Nutrition and Food Security,Health Systems and Policies,HIV/AIDS
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Policy and Management
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Systems Development & Reform
okr.unitHealth Nutri & Population SAR 2 (HSAHP)
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