Auteur :
Kurowski
Christoph,
Mills
Anne
Année de Publication :
2006
Type : Etude
Thème : Santé
Over the past three years, we have developed and refined a tool to estimate human resource requirements for improved health in low-income countries. The original version of this model was tested in case studies in Tanzania and Chad and case study findings are available at http://www.hefp.lshtm.ac.uk. We named the original version of the model NTTP with N for need, T for target, T for task and P for productivity.
The results of the case studies led us to revise the NTTP model. The revisions prompted us to name the model QTP where Q stands for service Quantity, T for task and P for productivity. With this report, we provide a detailed description of the revised model. A publication summarizing the experiences in the use of the model and a discussion of the areas in which it may be successfully applied is forthcoming.
In the following section of this working paper, we describe the reasons that motivated us to develop the methodology, including a brief summary of the model’s methodological strengths and limitations. Section 3 describes the features and calculus of the model, illustrated with an example of a priority intervention. Section 4 presents our conclusions, and section 5 the references. Annex A tabulates the service categories, intervention groups, interventions and treatment lines included in the model. Annex B and C specify the data inputs (B) and equations (C) that the model uses to calculate service quantity. Annex D provides the results of the task analysis, illustrated with data from the Tanzania case study.