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Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis

Programme Budgeting and Marginal Analysis - Peter Brambleby, Andrew Jackson and Kathryn Knight

Meeting individual health needs and improving the health of populations within a finite budget is a challenge for health systems worldwide. Programme budgeting and marginal analysis (PBMA) is a tool for tackling this, and for putting some science behind the art of managing scarcity and competing demands. This module explores the definitions, tools and practical application of PBMA.