In the reflective measurement model, a factor consists of indicator variables that disclose or reflect the abstract/latent meaning of the factor.
The SFI is composed of two other indices, which in turn consist of indicators of a state's economic, political, social and security effectiveness and legitimacy.
In a second step, a more comprehensive protocol, consisting of indicators more likely to be subject to variations along time, was applied.
The second group of independent variables consisted of indicators of socio-economic position: educational level and monthly household income [ 24].
The independent variables consisted of indicators of non-medical determinants of health, community and health system characteristics, and healthcare performance.
These factors consisted of indicators related to goods and services, domestic savings and expenditure, and national current accounts (Table 2) (Additional file 3).
The OLS models were estimated based on 2007 cross-sectional data, with the dependent variable consisting of the continuous index of the use of RHIS data, as described above, and the independent variables consisting of indicators of the technical, organizational, and behavioral factors described above.
The age model consisted of indicator variables for 18 age categories and forms the null hypothesis, that there is no temporal variation.
This framework consists of four indicators and ten sub-indicators, and also adds in evaluation study on management effect particularly, proposes a new evaluation perspective compared with the existing research.
