eprintid: 10129849 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/98/49 datestamp: 2022-07-19 18:55:55 lastmod: 2022-07-19 18:55:55 status_changed: 2022-07-19 18:55:55 type: report metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Hou, X creators_name: Abou Jaoude, G creators_name: Gosce, L creators_name: Shamu, S creators_name: Sisimayi, CN creators_name: Lannes, L creators_name: Wilkinson, TD creators_name: Kerr, C creators_name: Haghparast-Bidgoli, H creators_name: Skordis, J title: Improving Allocative Efficiency in Zimbabwe’s Health Sector: Results from the Health Interventions Prioritization Tool ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: D01 note: This work is licensed under an Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY 3.0 IGO) licence abstract: The country of Zimbabwe has seen some important improvements in key health outcomes since 2009. However, despite progress in some areas of the health sector, the country did not meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and current progress falls short of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) milestones. As is often the case, the poor and rural populations in Zimbabwe bear a disproportionate burden of disease and health risks. The situation is compounded by national economic challenges and health sector spending inefficiencies that have resulted in households bearing an increasing share of health sector financing, mainly through out-of-pocket expenditures. Households provide approximately 25 percent of health sector financing in Zimbabwe. Again, the poor and rural populations are hardest hit by this economic reality. Zimbabwe was one of the few countries in which HIPtool was piloted at the proof of concept stage. HIPtool enables the mathematical prioritization of interventions based on existing data and a set of criteria. It provides a technical foundation to further develop an essential health benefits package. However, HIPtool, at this stage in development, still has strong limitations, which are outlined along with results in this report. date: 2021 date_type: published publisher: World Bank official_url: http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35711 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green commissioning_body: World Bank verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1871528 confidential: false lyricists_name: Abou Jaoude, Gerard lyricists_name: Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan lyricists_name: Skordis, Jolene lyricists_id: GJABO93 lyricists_id: HHAGH54 lyricists_id: JSKOR31 actors_name: Abou Jaoude, Gerard actors_id: GJABO93 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public series: 07. Economic and Sector Work (ESW) Studies place_of_pub: Washington DC, US pages: 56 citation: Hou, X; Abou Jaoude, G; Gosce, L; Shamu, S; Sisimayi, CN; Lannes, L; Wilkinson, TD; + view all <#> Hou, X; Abou Jaoude, G; Gosce, L; Shamu, S; Sisimayi, CN; Lannes, L; Wilkinson, TD; Kerr, C; Haghparast-Bidgoli, H; Skordis, J; - view fewer <#> (2021) Improving Allocative Efficiency in Zimbabwe’s Health Sector: Results from the Health Interventions Prioritization Tool. (07. Economic and Sector Work (ESW) Studies ). World Bank: Washington DC, US. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129849/1/Improving-Allocative-Efficiency-in-Zimbabwe-s-Health-Sector-Results-from-the-Health-Interventions-Prioritization-Tool.pdf