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March 13, 2026Open Access

Longitudinal Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of District Hospital Systems and Clinical Outcomes in Tanzania, 2000–2026

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GMGrace MushiJRJuma RashidiAMAnna Mwita

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Overview

Quasi-experimental evaluation shows a reduction in inpatient mortality in Tanzanian district hospitals, implying effective systems strengthening.

Key Points

  • This study aims to quantify the effect of a multi-component hospital systems strengthening initiative on inpatient mortality.
  • Longitudinal quasi-experimental design was used with difference-in-differences analysis.
  • A panel dataset was created from health management and clinical audit data.
  • Cluster-robust standard errors were applied to account for hospital-level variations.
  • Preliminary analysis shows a significant reduction in risk-adjusted inpatient mortality due to the intervention.
  • There was an 8.2% relative reduction in inpatient mortality following full implementation.

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Mushi et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b3ac2b02a1e69014ccdadehttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18950914
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