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ArticleGlobal health action2020

Evaluating health service coverage in Ghana's Volta Region using a modified Tanahashi model.

Mallory C Sheff, Ayaga A Bawah, Patrick O Asuming, Pearl Kyei, Mawuli Kushitor, James F Phillips, S Patrick Kachur

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Article in Global health action, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mallory C SheffHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2787-4045
Ayaga A BawahRegional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4864-4182
Patrick O AsumingDepartment of Finance, University of Ghana Business School, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-5010-3484
Pearl KyeiRegional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-6233-5891
Mawuli KushitorRegional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0001-8668-7162
James F PhillipsHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6720-7204
S Patrick KachurHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8586-6019

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Health PolicyCross-Sectional StudiesGhanaHealth Services AccessibilityHumansNational Health ProgramsQuality of Health CareUniversal Health Insurancehealth policyHealth systemsprimary health caresystems evaluationuniversal health coverage

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PMID32174254
PMCPMC7144185

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