Productivity Analysis Using Actual and Normative Cost Data

David Collins and Jean Kagubare

Chapter 12 in Tracking Resources for Primary Health Care:A Framework and Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2020, pp 301-314 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:An overview of likely productivity issues can be obtained by comparing resources needed with resources actually used.Too few resources are likely to result in poor quality of care (e.g., medicine shortages and resultant out-of-pocket costs for patients who have to buy the missing medicines in the private sector).The allocation or use of too many resources represents a waste of those resources.An imbalance of resources — e.g., too many staff but too few drugs — can represent both waste and poor quality of care.

Keywords: Health Financing; Public Financial Management; Resource Tracking; Health Economics; Health Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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