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102 Figure 20. Depreciation and devaluation: effects on the financial equilibrium of a rural ComHC FCFA 500.000 400.000 300.000 200.000 100.000 -100.000 -200.000 -300.000 -400.000 -500.000 Studies in HSO&P,20,2003 0 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% Usage rate Before devaluation Depreciation 1 Depreciation 2 Depreciation 2 + FCFA 50 Note: ComHC with a population of 9,631 inhabitants of which 55% live within 5 km of the health centre. Depreciation accruing to ComHC: Depreciation 1 = refrigerator over five years, small tools over three years, mobilette over three years. Depreciation 2 = small tools over three years, mobilette over three years. Option = rate increase of FCFA 50. Financing the district health system In the districts where a cost-recovery system was organized, close to 50% of the operating budget came from local revenue, with the State continuing to pay salaries. The non-functional health areas were and remain covered by the SDHCs, at least for preventive care. For this the R-SDHC receives a modest subsidy. In the framework of the new programme, the State needed to increase the health portion of the State budget from 4% in 1991 to 9% in
1995. Even though begun, this evolution remained short of objectives (6.56% in 1996) (Fig. 14). The increase was aimed at improving the basic functioning of the system and in particular that of referral. The problem at this level is more fluidity and flexibility in mobilizing resources at the decentralized level. It was not rare to observe that in the third quarter, the health budget showed a significant delay in execution, though the needs were far from being covered. Here, the problem was one of structuring and effective decentralization of budgets. In many countries the Ministries of Finance do not always look favourably on decentralization. And staff responsible for finance are not easily inclined to modify procedures and material. Nevertheless, a solution is needed so that referral centres and the district management team can respond to programme demands with budgetary resources sufficient to guarantee basic operations. Otherwise, users will have to pay high prices for each hospitalization or surgical intervention, especially since there is still no solidarity mechanism to take care of referral cases, other than a few promising projects. An evaluation of the costs and financing of the district health system was undertaken in 1996. 87 It covered three districts and one Bamako commune. The operational costs, less depreciation, of the first referral varied from FCFA 530 per inhabitant for Commune V of Bamako to FCFA 108 per inhabitant for Djenne. The evaluation systematically reviewed the different mechanisms for financing the district health system with an eye to equity. The conclusion was that there are only two ways to assure the viability of first referral hospitals: subsidies from the State and the ability of communities and health teams to create new forms of solidarity. For this second dimension to develop, it will be necessary to avoid top-down and one-size-fits-all approaches. Efforts to progress towards a consolidated budget by district and to put in place new solidarity mechanisms (premutual and mutual funds) will permit better understanding of the complex, overall financing of the district health system. 88 87 Blaise P, Kegels G & Van Lerberghe W (1997) Coûts et financement du système de santé de cercle au Mali. Studies in Health Service Organisation & Policy 5, 1-130. 88 Camara I (1997) Une expérience mutualiste de gestion directe: le Centre de Santé MUTEC. In: Brunet-Jailly E (ed) Innover dans les systèmes de santé. Expériences d’Afrique de l’Ouest, 360-366. Paris: Editions Karthala. Chalamet P & Diakite K (1997) Bâtir sur l’initiative: l’exemple des ressortissants émigrés. In: Brunet-Jailly E (ed) Innover dans les systèmes de santé. Expériences d’Afrique de l’Ouest, 167-178. Paris: Editions Karthala. Studies in HSO&P,20,2003 103
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