Common information sources in developing countries are health surveys, birth and death registration, census data, health facility reporting systems, health surveillance data and health administrative data [ 55].
Similar baseline and comparison periods were applied to those districts for which we have complete community-based treatment data, health facility use data, and health facility mortality data to calculate pre-iCCM and post-iCCM averages for each district for these additional indicators.
Nationally representative household-level data with survey data on health facilities were linked to examine the spatial clusters and determinants of IMR.
Data on health facilities per 100,000 of population is computed using information obtained from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics [48],[48].
The economic costs to providers of treating malaria were based on detailed retrospective cost data from health facilities across the study sites between 2006 and 2007.
The methods used to collect data at health facilities vary widely and are highly subject to bias, as there are many factors that influence whether a patient with malaria will be captured by this system [3].
For treatments, the database also holds data from health facilities.
All routine health data from health facilities are reported to the national DHIS2 server at the district level.
Every week, data from health facilities was reported to the health zone central office for compilation.
Data from health facilities are normally summarized into sub-district reports.
