Vol. 2009 No. 1 (2009)

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Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centre Systems in Rwanda: A Randomized Field Trial for Efficiency Gains

Habyalimbwe Bizimana, Department of Internal Medicine, African Leadership University (ALU), Kigali Ndayebugire Nkusi, Department of Surgery, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) Kigutu Musarara, Department of Epidemiology, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18883469
Published: March 27, 2009

Abstract

Community health centers in Rwanda face challenges in delivering efficient healthcare services. A randomized field trial was conducted with a sample of 100 community health centers across Rwanda. Data collected included patient wait times, resource utilization, and staff productivity metrics using mixed-methods analysis. The study revealed that reducing patient wait times by 25% through targeted interventions led to an increase in patient satisfaction scores from 60% to 78% This randomized trial provides evidence for the effectiveness of specific efficiency-improvement strategies, enhancing service delivery within community health centers. Implementing these findings should result in more equitable and efficient healthcare access across Rwanda’s underserved regions. 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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Habyalimbwe Bizimana, Ndayebugire Nkusi, Kigutu Musarara (2009). Methodological Evaluation of Community Health Centre Systems in Rwanda: A Randomized Field Trial for Efficiency Gains. African Travel Medicine, Vol. 2009 No. 1 (2009). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18883469

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African geographyrandomized controlled trialhealth systems performancecommunity health centersoutcome evaluationresource allocationquality improvement

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