TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating the Cost of Providing Foundational Public Health Services
AU - Mamaril, Cezar Brian C.
AU - Mays, Glen P.
AU - Branham, Douglas Keith
AU - Bekemeier, Betty
AU - Marlowe, Justin
AU - Timsina, Lava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Health Research and Educational Trust
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Objective: To estimate the cost of resources required to implement a set of Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) as recommended by the Institute of Medicine. Study Design: A stochastic simulation model was used to generate probability distributions of input and output costs across 11 FPHS domains. We used an implementation attainment scale to estimate costs of fully implementing FPHS. Data Collection/Extraction Methods: We use data collected from a diverse cohort of 19 public health agencies located in three states that implemented the FPHS cost estimation methodology in their agencies during 2014–2015. Principal Findings: The average agency incurred costs of $48 per capita implementing FPHS at their current attainment levels with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 16 percent. Achieving full FPHS implementation would require $82 per capita (CV=19 percent), indicating an estimated resource gap of $34 per capita. Conclusions: Substantial variation in costs exists across communities in resources currently devoted to implementing FPHS, with even larger variation in resources needed for full attainment. Reducing geographic inequities in FPHS may require novel financing mechanisms and delivery models that allow health agencies to have robust roles within the health system and realize a minimum package of public health services for the nation.
AB - Objective: To estimate the cost of resources required to implement a set of Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) as recommended by the Institute of Medicine. Study Design: A stochastic simulation model was used to generate probability distributions of input and output costs across 11 FPHS domains. We used an implementation attainment scale to estimate costs of fully implementing FPHS. Data Collection/Extraction Methods: We use data collected from a diverse cohort of 19 public health agencies located in three states that implemented the FPHS cost estimation methodology in their agencies during 2014–2015. Principal Findings: The average agency incurred costs of $48 per capita implementing FPHS at their current attainment levels with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 16 percent. Achieving full FPHS implementation would require $82 per capita (CV=19 percent), indicating an estimated resource gap of $34 per capita. Conclusions: Substantial variation in costs exists across communities in resources currently devoted to implementing FPHS, with even larger variation in resources needed for full attainment. Reducing geographic inequities in FPHS may require novel financing mechanisms and delivery models that allow health agencies to have robust roles within the health system and realize a minimum package of public health services for the nation.
KW - Health care financing/insurance/premiums
KW - geographic/spatial factors/small area variations
KW - health promotion/prevention/screening
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U2 - 10.1111/1475-6773.12816
DO - 10.1111/1475-6773.12816
M3 - Article
C2 - 29282722
AN - SCOPUS:85039150930
SN - 0017-9124
VL - 53
SP - 2803
EP - 2820
JO - Health Services Research
JF - Health Services Research
ER -