Monitoring resource allocation to the most needy states in Mexico
Estimation Year
1994
Actual Policy Use
Mexico has been implementing NHA estimations since 1994. Measurement of the public expenditure on health has been instrumental in improving regional distribution of health care resources. NHA disaggregated per capita health expenditure by state and found that states with major health needs were receiving lower transfers in the system. Such a conclusion was made by combining health-spending data with health status data, including that derived from measurement of the epidemiological transition indicator, which incorporates mortality rates for adults and infants (those under one year of age). After the provision of NHA, evidence regarding the inequitable distribution of public subsidies among states, the allocation of public funds has been increasingly channeled to protect the population of those states in major need. NHA is the tool that is now monitoring this policy. The figure below shows the initial status for 1995 measured in the NHA project and the follow-up currently developed by the Ministry of Health.
Source
Patricia Hernandez, Former NHA team member of Mexico
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