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4 months ago in Health Financing By Usha K
How much should a country spend on primary healthcare?
Everyone says primary healthcare is underfunded. But is there a formula for what the "right" proportion of the health budget should be?
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By Natasha Answered 1 month ago
There's no universal percentage, but there's a method: normative costing. First, define what "quality primary healthcare" actually means a specific package of services, staffing levels, drugs, and facilities. Then cost that package for the entire population. The "ideal" budget proportion is whatever it takes to deliver that quality package at scale, linked to population health targets. It's not a guess. It's a calculation: this is what we want to achieve, and this is what it costs. Then you decide if you can afford it or if you need to redesign the package.
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