Public Expenditure Tracking for Health (PET-Health)
Objectives
- Understand concepts of public financial management (PFM) in the health
sector. - Explain how health budgets are formulated, approved, disbursed, and
executed. - Apply Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) methodologies in
health systems. - Analyze budget allocation, release, and absorption rates in the health
sector. - Identify inefficiencies, leakages, and delays in health financing flows.
- Map financial flows from central government to counties, facilities, and
programmes - Assess equity, efficiency, and transparency in health spending.
- Use data to inform policy decisions and improve health resource
allocation. - Develop expenditure tracking reports for advocacy and decision-making.
Structure
- Foundations of Public Expenditure Management in Health
- Expenditure Tracking Tools and Budget Analysis Methods
- Budget Allocation, Absorption Rates and Efficiency Analysis
- Data Analysis and Interpretation in PETS
- Monitoring Expenditure Flows, Leakages and Misallocation
- Accountability, Reporting and Policy Use
- Budget Performance, Reporting and Decision-Making