Revenue Distribution Principles and Measures

The video tutorial discusses principles for dividing revenues among counties, focusing on capacity, needs, fiscal responsibility, and fairness. It introduces a new revenue sharing formula, emphasizing a shift from poverty measures to development measures. The tutorial also explores population as a proxy for service access and identifies cost drivers in health services.

Which principle suggests that counties with more capacity should receive less revenue?

• Fairness

• Capacity

• Effort

• Needs

What principle involves rewarding counties that put in more effort?

• Effort

• Needs

• Fairness

• Capacity

Which principle is associated with ensuring a basic minimum for administrative costs?

• Basic Minimum

• Fairness

• Effort

• Capacity

What is the new parameter added in the 2016 revenue division formula?

• Population

• Development Factor

• Land Area

• Poverty

How much percentage is allocated to the development factor in the new formula?

• 26%

• 8%

• 1%

• 18%

Why is there a shift from using poverty measures to development measures?

• Poverty measures are more accurate

• Development measures are less relevant

• Development measures are more direct

• Poverty is a direct measure

What is considered a more direct measure of service access than poverty?

• Road Access

• Population

• Fiscal Responsibility

• Land Area

Why is population considered a proxy for service needs?

• It directly measures health needs

• It estimates the need for services

• It measures fiscal responsibility

• It is a measure of fairness

What drives the cost of health services according to the discussion?

• Percentage of sick people

• Number of people using the service

• Population size

• Land area

What challenge is associated with using population as a measure for health service needs?

• It measures fiscal responsibility

• It is not a proxy

• It is too direct

• It doesn't account for sickness levels