Estimating the cost of implementing district mental healthcare plans in five low- and middle-income countries: the PRIME study.
Br J Psychiatry
; 208 Suppl 56: s71-8, 2016 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-26447170
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
An essential element of mental health service scale up relates to an assessment of resource requirements and cost implications.AIMS:
To assess the expected resource needs of scaling up services in five districts in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia.METHOD:
The resource quantities associated with each site's specified care package were identified and subsequently costed, both at current and target levels of coverage.RESULTS:
The cost of the care package at target coverage ranged from US$0.21 to 0.56 per head of population in four of the districts (in the higher-income context of South Africa, it was US$1.86). In all districts, the additional amount needed each year to reach target coverage goals after 10 years was below $0.10 per head of population.CONCLUSIONS:
Estimation of resource needs and costs for district-level mental health services provides relevant information concerning the financial feasibility of locally developed plans for successful scale up.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente
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Custos de Cuidados de Saúde
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Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental
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Mão de Obra em Saúde
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article