ReviewBMJ global health2020
Allocating resources to support universal health coverage: policy processes and implementation in Malawi.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Using economic analysis to inform health resource allocation: lessons from Malawi.Discover health systems · 2024Review
- Factors shaping network emergence: A cross-country comparison of quality of care networks in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Criteria for the procedural fairness of health financing decisions: a scoping review.Health policy and planning · 2023Article
- Political economy analysis of universal health coverage and health financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries: the role of stakeholder engagement in the research process.Health research policy and systems · 2021Review
- Allocating resources to support universal health coverage: development of a geographical funding formula in Malawi.BMJ global health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Optimising the use of limited health resources in low-income and middle-income countries towards the maximisation of health outcomes requires efficient distribution of resources across health services and geographical areas. While technical research exists on how efficiencies can be achieved in resource allocation, there is limited guidance on the policy processes required to convert these technical inputs into practicable solutions. In this article, we discuss Malawi's experience in 2019 of revising its resource allocation formula (RAF) for the geographical distribution of the government health sector budget to the decentralised units in-charge of delivering primary and secondary healthcare. The policy process to revise the RAF in Malawi was initiated by district assemblies seeking a more equitable distribution of government resources, with the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) leading the technical and deliberative work. This article discusses all the steps undertaken by MOHP, Malawi to date as well as the steps necessary looking forward to legally establish the newly developed RAF and to start implementing it. We highlight the practical and political considerations in ensuring the acceptability and implementation feasibility of a revised RAF. It is hoped that this discussion will serve as guidance to other countries undergoing a revision of their resource allocation frameworks.
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