A comparison of hierarchical cluster analysis and league table rankings as methods for analysis and presentation of district health system performance data in Uganda

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 217-228

  Tashobya, Christine K ^a,b,c   Dubourg, Dominique ^b   Ssengooba, Freddie ^c   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Macq, Jean ^d   Criel, Bart ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decentralization; Decision making; Local government; Low income; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEARNING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; UGANDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; UGANDA;

EID: 84964675022     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv045     Document Type: Article

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