Assessment of Patient Provider Support Agency: Estimation of costs and evaluation of new initiatives
PATH Foundation
Background
In a country like India, with limited healthcare access where 70% of outpatient care is handled by the private sector, Public private partnerships can have great benefits in disease management. India shoulders a huge part of the global TB burden and private providers remain the first point of contact for the majority of the population, especially in rural underserved settings.
About the Study
The study aims to understand the cost of delivering PPSA services for TB and to develop a costing tool for its usage. A framework was built to perform activity-based costing for the current PPSA project targeted at the eradication of TB.
Methodology
-Semi structured interviews with stakeholders involved to make an assessment of the workload
The scope of this study includes building scientific frameworks for understanding:
1. Resource needs (costing and workload assessment) for implementing the TB-HIV linkage under an RNTCP-funded district with a fully functional TB PPM scheme.
2. Effect of change in financing model for patient screening and linkage from private to public sector.
Outcome
The project developed a costing tool to help government bodies and NGOs to determine the cost of running a PPSA agency in a district.