Vol. 2009 No. 1 (2009)

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Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centre Systems in Senegal Using Difference-in-Differences for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Alioune Camara, Université Alioune Diop de Bambey (UADB) Diop Samba, Department of Public Health, Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar Tine Diatta, Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18883957
Published: October 15, 2009

Abstract

Community health centre systems in Senegal have been implemented to improve healthcare access and outcomes for underserved populations. A longitudinal study design will be employed to assess changes in healthcare utilization and service delivery over time. The DiD approach will compare intervention (enhanced community health centres) against a control group (conventional models). The analysis reveals that the intervention led to an increase of 15% in patient attendances at enhanced centres compared to controls, with a confidence interval around this estimate. The DiD model demonstrates significant cost-effectiveness gains from the community health centre reforms. Further research should explore scalability and sustainability of these interventions across different contexts in Senegal. 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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Alioune Camara, Diop Samba, Tine Diatta (2009). Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centre Systems in Senegal Using Difference-in-Differences for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. African Health Economics (Medical focus), Vol. 2009 No. 1 (2009). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18883957

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African geographylongitudinal studycommunity health centrescost-effectiveness analysisdifference-in-differenceseconometric methodspublic health systems

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