Assessing the effects of disease-specific programs on health systems: An analysis of the Bangladesh Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program's impacts on health service coverage and catastrophic health expenditure.

• Main Authors: Kimberly M Koporc (Author), David R Hotchkiss (Author), Charles F Stoecker (Author), Deborah A McFarland (Author), Thomas Carton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study presents a methodology for using tracer indicators to measure the effects of disease-specific programs on national health systems. The methodology is then used to analyze the effects of Bangladesh's Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program, a disease-specific program, on the health s...