Vol. 2011 No. 1 (2011)

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Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Rwanda Using Quasi-Experimental Design for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Kayimana Rwipetereko, Department of Public Health, University of Rwanda
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18938316
Published: August 15, 2011

Abstract

Public health surveillance systems are crucial for monitoring diseases and managing public health crises in Rwanda. A meta-analysis will be conducted using data from multiple observational studies. The analysis will employ mixed-effects regression models to estimate cost-effectiveness ratios (CER), accounting for potential confounders and heterogeneity across studies. The findings suggest that the current surveillance systems are moderately effective in detecting outbreaks but have room for improvement, particularly in terms of resource allocation efficiency. This study contributes to the methodological development in cost-effectiveness analysis within public health by integrating quasi-experimental designs with mixed-effects regression models. Future research should prioritise refining surveillance strategies and assessing their impact on real-world outbreak detection rates. Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p_i)=\beta_0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.

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Kayimana Rwipetereko (2011). Methodological Evaluation of Public Health Surveillance Systems in Rwanda Using Quasi-Experimental Design for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. African Operations Research (Business/Math crossover), Vol. 2011 No. 1 (2011). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18938316

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African geographical distributioncausal inferencemeta-analysisobservational studiesquasi-experimental designsurveillance systemssystematic review

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