First, subjects were classified as "day care service users" or "home help service users" based on service utilization within three months from the day of eligibility assessment, and this was defined as a time-independent variable forming a baseline attribute.
The workforce optimization analysis utilized a demand-based model, which calculated the optimal number of health workers needed by cadre at health facilities based on service utilization rates and workload, obtained from the Health Management Information System HMISS) database and worker interviews.
Five comorbidity measures based on health services utilization, number of different diagnoses, and prescription drugs over one year were defined.
We identified the presence of chronic lung disease, chronic renal disease, diabetes, malignancies, HIV infections, and chronic heart disease using algorithms based on health services utilization, detailed in Additional File [Appendix B.doc].
It posits that violence can have heterogeneous effects on service utilization and provides a deeper exploration of factors that may have negative and positive effects on service utilization.
Thus we hypothesize: Hypothesis 3.1 (H3.1): Service accessibility has a direct negative effect on service utilization.
Population size and age profile have direct positive effects on service utilization (β=0.737, p<0.01; β=0.284, p<0.01, respectively), whereas service accessibility is negatively associated with service utilization (β=−0.210, p<0.01).
METHODS: We compared six staffing models using decision tree modeling based on historical service line utilization data from the cvEEG service at our center.
The questionnaire was developed based on previous health service utilization studies carried out in developing countries [ 11, 18, 21].
METHOD:Latent class analysis was used to derive a service utilization typologies based on 10 service variables using a sample of 3,081 trauma-exposed adolescents ages 12 to 16 from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Dataset.
Based on utilization of services, the following categories of intervention exposure were derived: no exposure, exposure only to mid-media, exposure only to mid-media and interpersonal communication, exposure only to mid-media and project-run clinics, and exposure to all three intervention components.
