Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti
2018
This case study describes a study by the non-governmental organization, Partners In Health (PIH), on the cost of primary care at five different locations within the Central Highlands of Haiti. In the study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, PIH used a combination of methods, especially time-driven activity-based costing, to track patient visits and examine variation in how they were able to serve patients across multiple facilities. The case provides detailed accounts of how the project was formed, staffed, funded, and executed. It identifies strengths in health care delivery, for example in HIV/AIDS treatment, and challenges that remain, especially in obstetric care for women in rural areas. The case invites discussion about potential solutions and actions that would enable progress toward PIH’s goal of universal health care coverage in Haiti.
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Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti
Source:
Kaplan RS, Shah MA. Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti. Harvard Business School Publishing 2018. https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/118051-PDF-ENG.