Vol. 2011 No. 1 (2011)

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Methodological Evaluation of District Hospitals Systems in Kenya Using Multilevel Regression Analysis for System Reliability Assessment

Njoroge Okoth, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Wafula Wanjiku, Department of Epidemiology, Kenyatta University Kibet Mutua, Department of Internal Medicine, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18930116
Published: February 28, 2011

Abstract

District hospitals in Kenya face challenges in maintaining system reliability due to resource constraints and operational inefficiencies. A multilevel regression model was employed to analyse data from multiple hospitals across different districts. The model accounts for both within-hospital and district variations. The multilevel regression analysis revealed that financial support per patient visit had a significant positive effect on system reliability, with an odds ratio of 1.05 (95% CI: 1.02-1.08), indicating a moderate improvement in reliability for each additional unit of financial investment. The study underscores the importance of targeted financial support as a critical factor in enhancing system reliability within district hospitals in Kenya. District health authorities should prioritise allocating funds to financially supportive programmes, alongside other interventions aimed at improving hospital operations and patient care. district hospitals, multilevel regression, system reliability, Kenyan healthcare, financial support 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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Njoroge Okoth, Wafula Wanjiku, Kibet Mutua (2011). Methodological Evaluation of District Hospitals Systems in Kenya Using Multilevel Regression Analysis for System Reliability Assessment. African Applied Molecular Biology (Applied Science), Vol. 2011 No. 1 (2011). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18930116

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African geographydistrict hospitalsmultilevel regressiondata analysissystem reliabilityresource constraintsoperational inefficiencies

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