Table 3

Application of LQAS to assess whether health facilities are used by the poor adequately, Chakaria, June 2006

Period of evaluation Day

Threshold 40%–60%; Error = 16%

Maximum number of non-poor (failure) permitted = 25


Upazila Health Complex

Private clinic


No. of non-Poor

Judgment

No. of non-Poor

Judgment


1

17

Pro-poor

42

Not pro-poor


2

13

Pro-poor

42

Not pro-poor


3

14

Pro-poor

45

Not pro-poor


4

13

Pro-poor

44

Not pro-poor


5

13

Pro-poor

43

Not pro-poor


6

21

Pro-poor

41

Not pro-poor


Note: based on information from 50 randomly chosen attendees

Bhuiya et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2009 8:29   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-8-29

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