
handle: 10986/41481
This 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.
330, HEALTH CARE BUDGET PROCESS, HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT FINANCE, HEALTH BENEFITS, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MARKETS, GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, SDG 3
330, HEALTH CARE BUDGET PROCESS, HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT FINANCE, HEALTH BENEFITS, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY MARKETS, GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, SDG 3
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