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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Resource allocation for family planning in developing countries. Report of a

meeting. Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social

Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

AUTHORS

Haaga JG; Tsui AO

SOURCE

Washington, D.C., National Academy Press, 1995. v, 27 p.

ABSTRACT

This report of the July 1994 Expert Meeting on Resource Allocation for Family Planning (FP) summarizes the

proceeds of the meeting under the following headings: 1) the criteria for the public provision of services, 2) the

effects of program subsidies on contraceptive use and fertility, 3) the distribution of benefits from subsidies, 4)

achieving cost reductions, 5) economies of scale, 6) the division of labor between the public and private sectors, 7)

measuring costs against outcomes, 8) the political setting for decisions on FP, and 9) the implementation of reforms

designed to increase financial sustainability. The report concludes that FP programs may be able to adapt to the

new funding environment by changing the mix of subsidies for FP and related health services and by lowering the

average levels of subsidies. Thailand is an example of a FP program surviving the rapid decrease of foreign

assistance, and the crucial question is whether countries with weaker economies will be able to replicate Thailand's

success. Research has revealed small but discernible effects on the poor when the price of contraceptives is

increased. A reasonable approach to increasing client revenues, therefore, may be to reserve subsidies for the rural

poor. The tactic of reducing costs through improved management deserves further examination, and increased

efficiency may become a prerequisite to receiving funding. In order to decide policy issues surrounding the reduction

of average subsidies, more research is needed to facilitate micro-level program impact evaluation and facility-level

cost evaluation. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3079-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Resource allocation for family planning in developing

countries. Report of a meeting. Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and

Education, National Research Council.", is(are) Haaga JG; Tsui AO. The source of this article is "Washington,

D.C., National Academy Press, 1995. v, 27 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 3079-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 8079

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