A small area model to assess temporal trends and sub-national disparities in healthcare quality

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 4555 - 13
• Main Authors: Allorant, Adrien, Fullman, Nancy, Leslie, Hannah H., Sarr, Moussa, Gueye, Daouda, Eliakimu, Eliudi, Wakefield, Jon, Dieleman, Joseph L., Pigott, David, Puttkammer, Nancy, Reiner, Robert C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.07.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/700/228; 692/700/478; 692/700/478/174; Decision making; Estimates; Health care; Health care facilities; Health facilities; Health services; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indicators; Managers; Mathematical models; multidisciplinary; Performance measurement; Polls & surveys; Quality assessment; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statistical analysis; Statistical models; Surveys

Monitoring subnational healthcare quality is important for identifying and addressing geographic inequities. Yet, health facility surveys are rarely powered to support the generation of estimates at more local levels. With this study, we propose an analytical approach for estimating both temporal an...