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.
Authors
- Citation
- “ World Bank . 2024 . Bhutan Healthcare Costing Analysis . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41481 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
- Collection(s)
- Health Sector Review
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1596/41481
- Identifier externaldocumentum
- 34309006
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34309006
- Published in
- United States of America
- Region country
- Bhutan
- Report
- 189689
- Rights
- CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
- UNIT
- Health Nutri & Population SAR 2 (HSAHP)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41481
- date disclosure
- 2024-05-02
- region administrative
- South Asia
- theme
- Malaria,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