Below the Glass Floor : Analytical Review of Expenditure by Provincial Administrations on Rural Health from Health Function Grants and Provincial Internal Revenue
Below the glass floor is a report thatexplores the impact of recent increases in operationalfunction grant funding to provinces to support rural healthservice delivery. It seeks to identify what expenditureprovinces have made to support and enable key front lineservice delivery activities such as; facility operations,patrols, medical supply distribution, emergency patienttransfer, rural water supply and facility supervision. Thistop down trend analysis seeks to identify whether spendinghas been made in these areas as a first step inunderstanding the effectiveness of the governments'financial arrangements. The next step is to triangulate thefindings using field-based research that assesses whatimpact the funding is having at the facility level.