Authors: Gabriel Seidman and Rifat Atun
Research has demonstrated that task shifting, including the use of CHWs to deliver care, can improve population health. This systematic review examines whether task shifting in LMICs results in efficiency improvements by achieving cost savings. The authors identified 794 articles, and included 34 in the study. They found that substantial evidence exists for achieving cost savings and efficiency improvements from task shifting activities related to tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The authors suggest that going forward, program planners should carefully consider whether task shifting can improve population health and health systems efficiency in their countries. Furthermore, 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.
Link: Does task shifting yield cost savings and improve efficiency for health systems? A systematic review of evidence from low-income
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Task shifting
Resource Type: Journal articles
Year: 2017
Region: Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America (U.S. and Canada), Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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