A toolkit for costing environmental health services in healthcare facilities

Environmental health services (EHS) are critical for safe and functional healthcare facilities (HCFs). Understanding costs is important for improving and sustaining access to EHS in HCFs, yet the understanding of costs is poor and no tools exist to specifically support costing EHS in HCFs in low- an...

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Autores principales:	Darcy M. Anderson, J. Wren Tracy, Ryan Cronk, Hayley Schram, Nikki Behnke, Jamie Bartram
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Publicado:	IWA Publishing 2021
Materias:	costing environmental health healthcare facilities infection prevention water sanitation and hygiene (wash) Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4e13d543dede41d3979a0ccfc437efe32021-11-05T19:34:37ZA toolkit for costing environmental health services in healthcare facilities2043-90832408-936210.2166/washdev.2021.018https://doaj.org/article/4e13d543dede41d3979a0ccfc437efe32021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://washdev.iwaponline.com/content/11/4/668https://doaj.org/toc/2043-9083https://doaj.org/toc/2408-9362Environmental health services (EHS) are critical for safe and functional healthcare facilities (HCFs). Understanding costs is important for improving and sustaining access to EHS in HCFs, yet the understanding of costs is poor and no tools exist to specifically support costing EHS in HCFs in low- and middle-income countries. We developed a toolkit to guide the following steps of costing EHS in HCFs: defining costing goals, developing and executing a data collection plan, calculating costs, and disseminating findings. The costing toolkit is divided into eight step-by-step modules with instructions, fillable worksheets, and guidance for effective data collection. It is designed for use by diverse stakeholders involved in funding, implementation, and management of EHS in HCFs and can be used by stakeholders with no prior costing experience. This paper describes the development, structure, and functionality of the toolkit; provides guidance for its application; and identifies good practices for costing, including pilot testing data collection tools and iterating the data collection process, involving diverse stakeholders, considering long-term costs, and disaggregating environmental costs in records to facilitate future costing. The toolkit itself is provided in the Supplementary Material. Highlights We developed a toolkit to cost environmental health services in healthcare facilities, comprising eight modules and worksheets.; Costing-stakeholders should test tools, iterate data collection steps, involve diverse stakeholders, and consider life cycle costs.; Costing-stakeholders should test tools, iterate data collection steps, involve diverse stakeholders, and consider long-term costs.; Information management systems should code and disaggregate environmental costs to facilitate future costing.;Darcy M. AndersonJ. Wren TracyRyan CronkHayley SchramNikki BehnkeJamie BartramIWA Publishingarticlecostingenvironmental healthhealthcare facilitiesinfection preventionwatersanitationand hygiene (wash)Environmental technology. Sanitary engineeringTD1-1066ENJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 668-675 (2021)
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spellingShingle	costing environmental health healthcare facilities infection prevention water sanitation and hygiene (wash) Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Darcy M. Anderson J. Wren Tracy Ryan Cronk Hayley Schram Nikki Behnke Jamie Bartram A toolkit for costing environmental health services in healthcare facilities
description	Environmental health services (EHS) are critical for safe and functional healthcare facilities (HCFs). Understanding costs is important for improving and sustaining access to EHS in HCFs, yet the understanding of costs is poor and no tools exist to specifically support costing EHS in HCFs in low- and middle-income countries. We developed a toolkit to guide the following steps of costing EHS in HCFs: defining costing goals, developing and executing a data collection plan, calculating costs, and disseminating findings. The costing toolkit is divided into eight step-by-step modules with instructions, fillable worksheets, and guidance for effective data collection. It is designed for use by diverse stakeholders involved in funding, implementation, and management of EHS in HCFs and can be used by stakeholders with no prior costing experience. This paper describes the development, structure, and functionality of the toolkit; provides guidance for its application; and identifies good practices for costing, including pilot testing data collection tools and iterating the data collection process, involving diverse stakeholders, considering long-term costs, and disaggregating environmental costs in records to facilitate future costing. The toolkit itself is provided in the Supplementary Material. Highlights We developed a toolkit to cost environmental health services in healthcare facilities, comprising eight modules and worksheets.; Costing-stakeholders should test tools, iterate data collection steps, involve diverse stakeholders, and consider life cycle costs.; Costing-stakeholders should test tools, iterate data collection steps, involve diverse stakeholders, and consider long-term costs.; Information management systems should code and disaggregate environmental costs to facilitate future costing.;
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A toolkit for costing environmental health services in healthcare facilities

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