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Calculating the Cost and Financing Needs of the Basic Package of Health Services in Afghanistan: Methods, Experiences, and Results

Khwaja Mir Ahad Saeed, Salma Osmani and David Collins
Global Health: Science and Practice August 2022, 10(4):e2100658; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00658
Khwaja Mir Ahad Saeed
aIndependent, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; formerly of the Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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Salma Osmani
aIndependent, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; formerly of the Ministry of Public Health, Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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bBoston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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    TABLE 1.

    Average Population and Services Per Facility by Level of Care in 2018, Afghanistan

    MHTsHSCsBHCsCHCsDHs
    Sampled number of facilities715151515
    Catchment population7,5006,56113,20130,12359,237
     Range1,500–12,0624,320–11,6625,117–37,59012,376–49,9128,182–153,000
    Types of service in BPHS package79818386155
    Types of BPHS services provided45555662113
     Range42–4749–6150–6557–6699–130
    Non-BPHS services provided62466
     Range5–71–32–54–74–8
    Percentage of BPHS services provided5768677273
     Range53–5960–7560–7866–7663–83
    Number of BPHS services29,92018,84028,54751,876125,518
     Range13,794–67,2595,124–38,20715,985–46,47822,828–124,93839,181–226,515
    Number of non-BPHS services3,6231322,2004,2011,745
    Total number of services33,54218,97130,74756,077127,264
    Total BPHS services per capita3.992.872.161.722.12
    Total non-BPHS services per capita0.480.020.170.140.03
    Total services per capita4.472.892.331.862.15
     Range1.1–7.60.7–8.01.2–5.50.7–3.70.5–5.3
    • Abbreviations: BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services; BHC, basic health center; CHC, comprehensive health center; DH, district hospital; HSC, health sub-center; MHT, mobile health team.

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    Average Actual and Required Expenditure for Services by Level of Care in 2018, Afghanistan

    MHTsHSCsBHCsCHCsDHs
    Catchment population7,5006,56113,20130,12359,237
    Number of BPHS services29,92018,84028,54751,876125,518
    Number of non-BPHS services3,6231322,2004,2011,745
    Total number of services33,54218,97130,74756,077127,264
    Actual total BPHS expenditure, US$102,03163,10393,632163,483393,478
    Actual total non-BPHS expenditure, US$79,8432883,13515,97040,170
    Actual total expenditure, US$181,87463,39196,767179,453433,648
    Actual required BPHS expenditure, US$112,64673,776138,878329,353921,816
    Actual required non-BPHS expenditure, US$82,1311,14318,279107,457239,843
    Actual required expenditure, US$194,77774,919157,157436,8101,161,659
    Actual cost per service, US$5.423.343.153.203.41
    Required cost per service, US$5.813.955.117.799.13
    Actual cost per capita of BPHS, US$13.609.627.095.436.64
    Required cost per capita of BPHS, US$15.0211.2510.5210.9315.56
    Actual cost per capita of non-BPHS services, US$10.650.040.240.530.68
    Required cost per capita of additional services, US$10.950.171.383.574.05
    Actual percentage of required cost for all services, %9385624137
    Actual number of technical staff4451130
    Required number of technical staff66122124
    • Abbreviations: BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services; BHC, basic health center; CHC, comprehensive health center; DH, district hospital; HSC, health sub-center; MHT, mobile health team.

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    TABLE 3.

    Afghanistan National BPHS Costs Including Donated Medicines and Supplies in 2018

    MHTHSCBHCCHCDHTotal
    Number of facilities3091,00987743385
    Population31,526,40331,526,40331,526,40331,526,40331,526,40331,526,403
    Number of BPHS services9,245,14819,009,29425,035,42722,462,45210,669,06286,421,383
    Number of non-BPHS services1,119,385132,8591,929,5171,819,033148,3485,149,143
    Total number of services10,364,53319,142,15326,964,94424,281,48510,817,41091,570,525
    Average actual BPHS expenditure, US$102,03163,10393,632163,483393,478
    Total actual BPHS expenditure31,527,54663,670,75082,115,48570,788,09433,445,637281,547,511
    Average actual total expenditure, US$181,87463,39196,767179,453433,648
    Total all actual expenditure, US$56,198,96263,961,73684,864,58177,703,15136,860,122319,588,552
    Average required BPHS expenditure, US$112,64673,776138,878329,353921,816
    Total required BPHS expenditure, US$34,807,72374,440,032121,796,105142,609,74778,354,352452,007,959
    Average required total expenditure, US$194,77774,919157,157436,8101,161,6592,025,323
    Total all required expenditure, US$60,186,13775,593,546137,827,110189,138,73698,741,024561,486,553
    Per capita actual BPHS expenditure, US$1.002.022.602.251.068.93
    Per capita required BPHS expenditure, US$1.102.363.864.522.4914.34
    Actual as percentage of required BPHS expenditure, US$918667504362
    Per capita BPHS utilization, US$0.290.600.790.710.342.74
    Per capita actual total expenditure, US$1.782.032.692.461.1710.14
    Per capita required total expenditure, US$1.912.404.376.003.1317.81
    Actual percentage of required total expenditure, %938562413757
    Per capita total utilization, US$0.330.610.860.770.342.90
    • Abbreviations: BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services; BHC, basic health center; CHC, comprehensive health center; DH, district hospital; HSC, health sub-center; MHT, mobile health team.

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    TABLE 4.

    Cost Comparisons for Actual and Optimal Service Utilization for Sampled Dykundi Health Centers in 2018, Afghanistan

    HSCBHCCHC
    Catchment population8,2755,11721,942
    Types of service in BPHS package797980
    Types of BPHS services provided555662
    Percentage of BPHS services provided707178
    Types of non-BPHS services provided246
    Total number of actual services utilized11,81118,23043,373
    Total optimal number of services utilized28,68117,17394,042
    Number of services per capita actually utilized1.43.62.0
    Optimal number of services per capita3.53.44.3
    Actual expenditure, US$43,47065,272183,210
    Required expenditure, US$53,539100,946396,115
    Required expenditure for optimal number of services, US$128,67495,955610,434
    Actual expenditure per capita, US$5.2512.768.35
    Required expenditure per capita, US$6.4719.7318.05
    Required expenditure per capita for optimal number of services, US$15.5518.7527.82
    Actual number of technical staff3511
    Required number of technical staff4618
    Required number of technical staff for optimal number of services8627
    Actual percentage of optimal number of services, %4110646
    Actual percentage of required expenditure, %816546
    Actual percentage of required expenditure for optimal services, %346830
    • Abbreviation: BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services; BHC, basic health center; CHC, comprehensive health center; HSC, health sub-center.

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    TABLE 5.

    Top 10 Actual Services at Dykundi CHC Ranked by Total Normative Cost for 2018, Afghanistan

    ServiceNumber of Services (%)Total Cost, US$ (%)Average Cost Per Service, US$Average Cost Per Capita, US$
    Severe acute asthma and COPD600 (1.4)62,756 (16.0)104.592.86
    Severe acute malnutrition in children aged younger than 5 years380 (0.9)40,165 (10.0)105.701.83
    Early childhood development2,857 (6.6)35,385 (9.0)12.391.61
    Urinary tract infection3,218 (7.4)33,282 (8.0)10.341.52
    First antenatal visit754 (1.7)27,836 (7.0)36.921.27
    Prehospital care612 (1.4)20,013 (5.0)32.700.91
    Normal delivery at facility339 (0.8)18,459 (5.0)54.450.84
    Peptic disorder2,566 (5.9)16,500 (4.0)6.430.75
    First postnatal visit606 (1.4)9,755 (2.0)16.100.44
    PCV 13 vaccination1,606 (3.7)8,943 (2.0)5.570.41
    • Abbreviations: CHC, comprehensive health center; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

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