CHAPTER 7: MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH BUDGETS & IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM

3 Key Elements That Contribute to the Success of a Program & the Ability to Evaluate a Program

Budget

Includes all the costs and revenues related to delivery of the program

What the program managers should know?

Understanding the basic budgeting

Basic costing skills

Information system

Accompanying skills to develop & monitor the programs budget

Recording program participants

Recording the outcome of participants

Tracking

Information System (IS) Considerations

For health data elements

Secure mechanism for e-sharing & transmits health information

To monitor in real time health events & trends

Budget Terminology

Indirect costs

Charges

Direct costs

Revenue

Variables costs

Opportunity costs

Fixed costs

Budgeting as Part of Planning

Monetize & compute program costs

Break even analysis

Quantity of services is the same as fixed cost

Budget for start up & evaluation costs

Budget justification

Budget as Monitoring Tools

Tracking an expenses & income can be very helpful in doing different types of cost analysis

Monitor the implementation after the program has started

Tracking the budget variances

Types of cost analyses

During program implementation, variance should be less than / equal to 10-20% of projected budget

Cost-effectiveness analyses

Cost-benefit analyses

Cost comparison analyses

Cost-utility analyses