Linked NHA Tables-Examples Background The National Health Accounts (NHA) is a standardized methodology that describes flow of funds through the health care system in a given period of time. NHA provides decision makers with a comprehensive picture of the health sector, showing the actual emphasis of spending and the roles of different payers. They also provide a consistent framework for monitoring the effects of changes in financing and provision of health services. By linking expenditures to health outcomes in targeted populations, NHA function as powerful evaluation tools. They can be used to monitor and evaluate health expenditures related to disease-specific activities such as maternal and child health, or HIV/AIDS. Minimum NHA Tables Financing Sources to Financing Agents = FS x FA Tables Financing Agents to Providers = FA x P Tables Financing Agents to Functions = FA x F Tables Providers to Functions = P x F Tables Funding for this Presentation was provided by Khulisa Management Services, South Africa Conclusions In order to develop policies that enhance the performance of health systems, resource mobilization and allocation need to be designed, monitored, and evaluated in terms of the sources of finances, who receives them, how they are spent, and the resultant outputs and outcomes. Tracking of flow of funds is particularly important in pluralistic health care systems, where finance comes from multiple sources and where providers receive payment from more than one source. GENERATING NATIONAL HEALTH ACCOUNTS Njaramba P.J 1 ; Mary Pat Selvaggio 1 1 Khulisa Management Services, P.O. Box 923, Parklands 2121, South Africa Data Management Planning: A data plan setting out who will collect the data, how, when, and from where Multidisciplinary team: with expertise in economics, statistics, accounting, health systems and policies Steering Committee: made up of senior policymakers from:  Ministries of Health, Finance, and Planning,  National Statistical office,  Academic groups,  Provider and consumer organizations, and;  Social health insurance organization. Presentation Objectives To describe the procedures followed in generating NHA that include collecting data on health expenditure from differing data sources, organizing the data into a series of matrices depicting sources and uses of resources, analyzing the results, and disseminating the information to the stakeholders. References 1.WHO: National Health Accounts Producers Guide 2.WHO: Guide to producing National Health Accounts with Special Applications for low-income and middle-income countries, Partnership for Health Reform. Kenya National Health Accounts 1994, May 1999 Dissemination To all stakeholders. NHAs primary users are health system policymakers and managers, in their efforts to improve health system performance and management through policy design and implementation, policy dialogue, and M&E of Health care interventions. Collecting Data- The Sources Production of NHA requires extensive data collection from:  Various Ministries,  Donors,  Households,  Providers, and  Industry groups e.g. Private insurers, Employers, and Pharmaceutical companies Analysis and Report Writing  Compare health expenditure with other countries  Look at trend in health expenditures  Diagnose inequitable distribution of funds  Evaluate impact of interventions e.g. decentralization  Report Source of Funds  Report Expenditure by Departments  Report Expenditure in Public and Private facilities Accurately Measuring Progress th Avenue Parktown North Johannesburg South Africa 2193 Tel: Fax: Web: