Overview
     Value for money, planning and prioritisation
     Types of planning and tools
        Planning for health reforms
        Corporate and policy planning
        Why planning fails and what to do about it
        Information for planning
        Planning approaches
     Priority setting
     Country examples
    Value for money, planning & 
    prioritisation
           Value for money, planning & 
           prioritisation
            VFM = optimal use of resources to achieve the intended outcomes
            Typical VFM questions
               What are the goals of the health system?
               What resources are required to meet the objectives and outcomes?
               Are we using resources well to produce services?
               Are we using services well to produce better health
            Planning: 
               “process of setting goals , developing strategies, and outlining tasks 
                and schedules to accomplish the goals”
               “open, rational and systematic means of producing decisions about 
                the allocation of resources”
               prioritisation a key part of planning
            Answers many of the VFM questions - integral part of searching for 
             VFM
      Planning for health reforms
   Key macro issues in (policy) planning for 
    health 
   Role of state: regulator, financier or 
    provider?
   Decentralisation
    Rationale
    Issues
        Corporate and policy planning
    Policy planning: Broader focus o putting in place right systems to achieve goals
    Corporate planning: strategic and operational
    Key components of planning: