EVALUATION OF THE COSTS OF THE COLD CHAIN MUNICIPAL INSTANCE CONSERVATION OF IMMUNOBIOLOGICALS
Health cost analysis; Cold chain; Immunobiologicals
Objective: to develop and validate a checklist of cost-generating activities in the immunobiologicals conservation cold chain at the municipal level. Method: This is a methodological study, with a quantitative approach, which used the modified e-Delphi method to validate the activities. Twenty-three judges participated, including doctors, masters and specialists working at state, regional and municipal health levels. The content validation index and Cronbach's alpha coefficient were calculated to analyze the internal consistency of the checklist. Results: The checklist consists of 7 activities in the Transport and Receiving component, 18 in the activities in the Storage and Handling component and 2 activities in the Supervision and Continuing Education component. Considering all components, the checklist's total content validation index was 92.3%. Total internal consistency obtained a Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of 0.9534. Conclusion: The study provides a checklist of cost-generating activities of the municipal instance of the FC for the conservation of immunobiologicals that are reliable and with valid content, which may be useful to managers in the decisionmaking process for the allocation of financial resources.