Assessing the accuracy of health facility typology in representing the availability of health services: a case study in Mali.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Using health facility types as a measure of service availability is a common approach in international standards for health system policy and planning. However, this proxy may not accurately reflect the actual availability of specific health services.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the reliability of health facility typology as an indicator of specific health service availability and explore whether certain facility types consistently provide particular services.

Design

We analysed a comprehensive dataset containing information from 1725 health facilities in Mali. To uncover and visualise patterns within the dataset, we used two analytical techniques: Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Between-Class Analysis. These analyses allowed us to quantita

SUBMITTER: Petragallo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10961534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature