Assessing the effects of disease-specific programs on health systems: An analysis of the Bangladesh Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program's impacts on health service coverage and catastrophic health expenditure.

This study presents a methodology for using tracer indicators to measure the effects of disease-specific programs on national health systems. The methodology is then used to analyze the effects of Bangladesh's Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, a disease-specific program, on the health s...

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Main Authors: Kimberly M Koporc, David R Hotchkiss, Charles F Stoecker, Deborah A McFarland, Thomas Carton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-11-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009894&type=printable