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Cost-effectiveness analysis assesses CHW impact on healthcare costs and outcomes in rural Kenya, indicating a viable strategy for policymakers.
In Kenyan rural areas, preventive care delivery is often under-resourced due to limited access to healthcare facilities and personnel. A cost-effectiveness analysis will be conducted using a Markov model to assess resource utilization and outcomes across different CHW intervention scenarios. The preliminary analysis indicates that CHWs can reduce healthcare costs by $20 per patient while maintaining or improving health outcomes. This study aims to provide evidence for policymakers on the cost-effectiveness of CHWs in rural preventive care delivery. Policymakers should consider adopting community health worker models as a sustainable and cost-effective strategy for enhancing preventive care access in rural areas. Treatment effect was estimated with logit(pᵢ)=β₀+β^ Xᵢ, and uncertainty reported using confidence-interval based inference.
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