African Speech and Language Therapy (Research focus) | 07 October 2011
Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centre Systems in Uganda using Difference-in-Differences Approach
G, r, a, c, e, N, a, b, i, h, u, r, a, ,, J, a, m, e, s, O, d, g, a, a, r, d
Abstract
Community health centers in Uganda face challenges in service delivery efficiency. A difference-in-differences model was applied to assess changes in service yield before and after implementing quality improvement measures. The analysis revealed a significant increase (p < 0.05) in patient consultations per month, with an estimated effect size of 20%. Quality improvements led to enhanced healthcare services delivery across evaluated centers. Further research and policy recommendations should focus on sustaining and scaling up these interventions. community health centers, Uganda, difference-in-differences, service yield improvement Treatment effect was estimated with $\text{logit}(p<em>i)=\beta</em>0+\beta^\top X_i$, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.