Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2015):

A Novel Method for Defining Health Facility Catchment Areas in a Low Income Country

A Novel Method for Defining Health Facility Catchment Areas in a Low Income Country

A Novel Method for Defining Health Facility Catchment Areas in a Low Income Country

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The catchment areas of six health-care facilities in Uganda were determined using the cumulative case ratio: the ratio of the observed to expected utilization of a facility for a particular condition by patients from small administrative areas. Our approach is simple, reproducible, and is based on a statistical measure to decide which administrative units should be included in catchment areas.