West Bank/Gaza
Health System Planning and Management
Like many other places, the West Bank receives generous physical infrastructure and medical equipment donations. The challenge is to ensure that these investments strengthen the health system by expanding access to quality services where needed, and do not burden the system with higher operating costs that are not sustainable.
In the city of Ramallah, the Ministry of Health is leading a collaborative process to covert five separate health facilities – two of which are currently under construction – into an integrated medical compound. To assist the ministry, USAID/WBG has asked Health Systems 20/20 to analyze the feasibility of structuring and operating the five health facilities as an integrated medical compound that is financially and administratively autonomous.
The minister’s vision is to better serve the Palestinian people through improved service quality and efficiency. The new Ramallah compound should increase the operational efficiency of the two existing facilities and make the best use of the facilities under construction, which are expected to be completed by March 2008. The proposed medical compound is expected to reduce the number of cases (and associated costs) that are now referred for treatment abroad.
Health Systems 20/20 is assisting the ministry analyze epidemiological data, facility case mix and utilization rates, treatment abroad data, human resource capacity, labor and other operating costs, and health financing options to ensure an informed, rational decision-making process. The project’s approach is to build MOH capacity in health planning and model good governance by engaging multiple stakeholders in the process.
West Bank/Gaza
