期刊
HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-017-0200-9
关键词
Task shifting; Community health workers; Health systems; Efficiency; Cost-effectiveness; Systematic review
资金
- Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, a joint initiative of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
- Harvard Kennedy School of Government
- Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Big Win Philanthropy
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- GE Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
Background: Task shifting has become an increasingly popular way to increase access to health services, especially in low-resource settings. Research has demonstrated that task shifting, including the use of community health workers (CHWs) to deliver care, can improve population health. This systematic review investigates whether task shifting in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) results in efficiency improvements by achieving cost savings. Methods: Using the PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews, we searched PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and the Health Economic Evaluation Database on March 22, 2016. We included any original peer-review articles that demonstrated cost impact of a task shifting program in an LMIC. Results: We identified 794 articles, of which 34 were included in our study. We found that substantial evidence exists for achieving cost savings and efficiency improvements from task shifting activities related to tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, and additional evidence exists for the potential to achieve cost savings from activities related to malaria, NCDs, NTDs, childhood illness, and other disease areas, especially at the primary health care and community levels. Conclusions: Task shifting presents a viable option for health system cost savings in LMICs. Going forward, program planners should carefully consider whether task shifting can improve population health and health systems efficiency in their countries, and researchers should investigate whether task shifting can also achieve cost savings for activities related to emerging global health priorities and health systems strengthening activities such as supply chain management or monitoring and evaluation.
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