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Impact of NHA Findings on Health Policies in Georgia. Sofia Lebanidze Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Helsinki, 2010. Overview. NHA Institutionalization: A historical review NHA results NHA findings impact on health policies Future Plans.
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Impact of NHA Findings on Health Policies in Georgia Sofia Lebanidze Ministry of Labour Health and Social Affairs of Georgia Helsinki, 2010
Overview • NHA Institutionalization: A historical review • NHA results • NHA findings impact on health policies • Future Plans
Classification of NHA Institutionalization process in Georgia • Phase I. Familiarization - NHA familiarization process at the MoLHSA (2003) • Phase II. NHA development and production - Technical support from WB, USAID, Abt Associates & Curatio International Foundation (CIF) (2004 – 2005) • Phase III. Institutionalization – Governmental Decree regarding NHA institutionalization in the country (2006) • Phase IV. Beyond institutionalization – MoLHSA responsibility for NHA production (from 2007 up to now)
Total health Expenditure strucuture by financial sources (%) NHA
NHA findings impact on health policies (1) • NHA results are used for international comparison • NHA is also used to compute policy-related indicators such as per capita health spending, health expenditures as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP) and different indicators. • Results are included into WHO NHA data base • NHA results are used to examine health financing policy issues • Allocation of Government Health Care Funding to Priority Services and Populations – a simulation tool for defining the health benefit package in Georgia.
NHA findings impact on health policies (2) • NHA results used in Health Care Budget Planning. • Medium Term Expenditure Framework 2006-2010 • Program budgeting process oriented on the results of 2011-2014 uses 2008 NHA results as a basis for evaluation and monitoring of annual outcomes. • Technical documents of State Health Programs use NHA findings for describing existing situation and pricing the services.
NHA findings impact on health policies (3) • Report on Distribution of Health Payments and Catastrophic Expenditures in Georgia uses 2002-2007 NHA data • In 2008 Georgia Health System Performance Assessment Report was prepared, where from selected 42 indicators 7 were developed on the basis of NHA Results. • NHA data was used by actuary organization in calculation of government state programs premiums estimations and NHA Findings; by insurance companies and actuary organizations for calculation of Insurance premiums. • During Hospitals privatization process, investors used NHA results for planning their hospital expenditures and revenues based on NHA data and different materials. • World Health statistics report 2008-2010 (WHO). 2001-2008 NHA Data were used in World Health statistics report 2008-2010
NHA findings impact on health policies (4) • AIDS Spending Assessments report (NASA) - expenditure chapter of 2007 UNGASS report was prepared on the basis of NHA data. • NHA Data on HIV/AIDS was also used to prepare HIV/AIDS country strategy. • TB NHA Sub-Analysis results were used by MoLHSA and donor organizations in evaluation of National Strategy plan for TB. • Based on the Reproductive NHA Sub-Analysis results of sub-analysis and RH survey (2000, 2005) Country RH Strategy was developed
Future Plans • Soon the analytical document of the 2001 – 2009 NHA accounts will be finished; Standardized NHA analysis will be included in the MoLHSA annual National Health Report. • Preparation of 2009 NHA will be finished until the end of 2010. • In 2010 carry out the second round of HH in-depth survey with the support and financing of GHSPIC to estimate private out of pocket health expenditures.