State Department of Health's Equitable Funding Allocation Methodology to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Among High-Risk and Underserved Populations

Am J Public Health. 2024 Oct;114(S7):S575-S579. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307833. Epub 2024 Aug 28.

Abstract

The Washington State Department of Health developed an equitable funding allocation methodology incorporating quantitative and qualitative decision-making components. We describe the methodology and an implementation evaluation performed by an external evaluation team using the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) evaluation framework. The evaluation team concluded that the methodology was developed in a way that used a racial equity lens and prioritized intersectionalities in the communities that the funding was intended to serve. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S7):S575-S579. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307833).

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / economics
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Financing, Government
  • Health Equity
  • Health Status Disparities
  • Healthcare Disparities / economics
  • Humans
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Vulnerable Populations*
  • Washington