Reducing health care costs by rationalizing staffing in primary care settings

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Abstract

Jordan spends around 9% of its GDP on health care services, a high figure compared with similar developing countries. This study assessed staffing patterns in relation to Ministry of Health expenditures in a nationally representative sample of 97 primary care facilities. The economic costs of primary care facilities amounted to Jordanian dinar (JD) 42.3 million. Personnel costs consumed 53.8% of recurrent costs and in monetary terms the amount of down time (time not being used effectively) amounted to JD 9.7 million (about US$ 13.7 million). The Ministry should consider changing the functioning of its primary care facilities to obtain a more cost-effective use of staff time.

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Mawajdeh, S., Khoury, S. A., Yoder, R., & Qtaishat, M. (2004). Reducing health care costs by rationalizing staffing in primary care settings. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10(3), 382–388. https://doi.org/10.26719/2004.10.3.382

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