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Assessing costs of a hypertension management program: An application of the HEARTS costing tool in a program planning

Muhammad Jami Husain1, Benjamin T Allaire2, Brian Hutchinson3

  • 1Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
|December 25, 2019
PubMed

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A new costing tool aids planning for the HEARTS technical package, a cardiovascular disease prevention program. It helps estimate implementation costs and informs scalability for wider public health impact.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Economics
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Background:

  • The HEARTS technical package aims to improve global cardiovascular health through primary care.
  • Evaluating the costs of implementing HEARTS program components is crucial for resource allocation and scalability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document the application of a newly developed costing tool for the HEARTS program.
  • To assess the tool's utility in estimating implementation costs and identifying cost drivers prior to a pilot program.

Main Methods:

  • A costing tool was applied in a workshop setting before a HEARTS pilot program in Thailand.
  • A mock exercise was conducted to estimate expected costs, identifying cost drivers and categorizing them as fixed or variable.

Main Results:

  • The workshop application demonstrated the tool's applicability in HEARTS program planning.
  • The tool successfully identified key cost drivers for individual program elements.
  • Disaggregation of costs into fixed and variable categories highlighted the tool's potential for informing scalability.

Conclusions:

  • The HEARTS costing tool is a valuable resource for program planning and cost evaluation.
  • Understanding cost drivers and scalability is essential for successful implementation and expansion of cardiovascular health initiatives.
  • Lessons learned from this application will inform future cost evaluation efforts for the HEARTS program.

Keywords:
HEARTS costing toolHEARTS technical packageThailandapplication of costing toolcosting tool workshophypertension and cardiovascular disease management

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