Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response

Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response

This policy brief summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency study of Romania’s Tuberculosis (TB) response, which was conducted using the Optima-TB model. The analysis was conducted to support Romania in its decision-making on strategic TB...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
TUBERCULOSIS
LATENT TB
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
TB EPIDEMIC
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SPENDING
AMBULATORY TREATMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/422471571681017855/Policy-Brief
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32594
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spelling okr-10986-325942021-05-25T10:54:35Z Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response World Bank TUBERCULOSIS LATENT TB ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY TB EPIDEMIC HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SPENDING AMBULATORY TREATMENT POVERTY REDUCTION This policy brief summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency study of Romania’s Tuberculosis (TB) response, which was conducted using the Optima-TB model. The analysis was conducted to support Romania in its decision-making on strategic TB investments during the current National Strategic Plan for the Control of Tuberculosis in Romania (NSP, 2015‒20) and up to 2030. The analysis highlights the potential for Romania to maximize its impact on the TB response by reallocating spending on unnecessary hospitalization to increase the coverage of ambulatory care, treatment of drug-resistant TB and enhanced and active case finding in congregate community settings and high-risk areas. 2019-10-22T14:15:57Z 2019-10-22T14:15:57Z 2019-10-21 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/422471571681017855/Policy-Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32594 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Europe and Central Asia Romania
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topic TUBERCULOSIS
LATENT TB
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
TB EPIDEMIC
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SPENDING
AMBULATORY TREATMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
spellingShingle TUBERCULOSIS
LATENT TB
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
TB EPIDEMIC
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SPENDING
AMBULATORY TREATMENT
POVERTY REDUCTION
World Bank
Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Romania
description This policy brief summarizes the findings of an allocative efficiency study of Romania’s Tuberculosis (TB) response, which was conducted using the Optima-TB model. The analysis was conducted to support Romania in its decision-making on strategic TB investments during the current National Strategic Plan for the Control of Tuberculosis in Romania (NSP, 2015‒20) and up to 2030. The analysis highlights the potential for Romania to maximize its impact on the TB response by reallocating spending on unnecessary hospitalization to increase the coverage of ambulatory care, treatment of drug-resistant TB and enhanced and active case finding in congregate community settings and high-risk areas.
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author World Bank
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title Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
title_short Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
title_full Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
title_fullStr Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing Investment in Romania's Tuberculosis Response
title_sort optimizing investment in romania's tuberculosis response
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/422471571681017855/Policy-Brief
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32594
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