Conceptualizing Monetary Benchmarks for Health Investments toward Poverty Reduction
2022
Public spending can improve population well-being, for example, by averting or reducing poverty. This article aims to conceptualize monetary benchmarks for health sector investments oriented towards poverty alleviation in low- and lower-middle-income countries.
Priority setting in low- and lower-middle-income countries could be informed by health-sector PRBs (poverty reduction benchmarks), in addition to burden of disease and cost-effectiveness considerations. The computed PRBs, expressed in dollars per poverty case averted, can possibly be viewed in a manner akin to economic evaluation thresholds which are usually expressed in dollars per disability-adjusted life year averted.
Conceptualizing Monetary Benchmarks for Health Investments toward Poverty Reduction
Source:
Chakrabarti A, Verguet S. Conceptualizing Monetary Benchmarks for Health Investments toward Poverty Reduction in Low-and Lower Middle-Income Countries. PLOS Global Public Health 2022; 2 (6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000487