Bias in product availability estimates from contraceptive outlet surveys: Evidence from the Consumer's Market for Family Planning (CM4FP) study.

ABSTRACT: Area-based sampling approaches designed to capture pharmacies, drug shops, and other non-facility service delivery outlets are critical for accurately measuring the contraceptive service environment in contexts of increasing de-medicalization of contraceptive commodities and services. Evidence from other disciplines has demonstrated area-based estimates may be biased if there is spatial heterogeneity in product distribution, but this bias has not yet been assessed in the context of contraceptive supply estimates. The Consumer's Marker for Family Planning (CM4FP) study conducted censuses and product audits of contraceptive outlets across 12 study sites and 2-3 rounds of quarterly data collection in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. We assessed bias in estimates of contraceptive product availabili

SUBMITTER: Keller B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426883 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature