Delineating natural catchment health districts with routinely collected health data from women’s travel to give birth in Ghana

Journal article

Health planning can be improved by using routine health data to delineate natural catchment health districts. In addition, data-driven geographic boundaries derived from public health events will improve areal health indicator estimates, planning and interventions.

Authors: Dotse-Gborgbortsi, W; Tatem, AJ; Matthews, Z; Alegana, V; Ofosu, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Journal: BMC Health Services Research
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 772-772
• Article number: 772
• Publication date: 2022-06-13
• DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08125-9
• EISSN: 1472-6963
• ISSN: 1472-6963
• Language: English
• Keywords: Medicine; Health care; Health policy; Health administration; Health informatics; Economic growth; Nursing; Psychological intervention; Population; Environmental health; Drainage basin; Geography; Health facility; Nursing research; Health services; Cartography; Catchment area; Public health; Business; Service (business)