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City project

Improving health finance cost efficiency

Porto Alegre optimises financial coverage of priority diagnostic and treatment techniques.
Porto Alegre
Completion as of Mar 31, 2023
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Areas of action
Project lead
Dr Rafael Vargas

The challenge

Porto Alegre must find better ways to allocate and maximise limited resources, focusing on what can make the biggest difference to patients and provide value to the wider system.

The goal

To develop a model that generates evidence to help decision-makers identify efficiency improvement opportunities.

How

By evaluating methodologies that increase the efficiency of public health services in cancer care.

Impact/Achievements

Researchers have identified opportunities to improve access to radiotherapy treatment for patients with prostate cancer, and funding has been committed to support the implementation of this research.

Outputs

  • Research protocol on opportunities to improve access to radiotherapy for patients with prostate cancer.
  • Funding mobilisation to support study implementation.

Team

Project lead
Dr Rafael Vargas
Project team
Ana Paula Etges
Angélica Zanotto
Dr Rafael Vargas

This project has proved invaluable in helping us to improve the way we cost radiotherapy treatment for prostate cancer patients, allowing us to better allocate our limited resources and improve outcomes for patients.

Dr Rafael Vargas
Oncology Sector Coordinator Leader of Radiotherapy project in Porto Alegre at Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Misericórdia

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