Service Provision Assessment Surveys

How it works

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The cross-sectional design of SPA surveys prevents causal inference between facility characteristics and readiness outcomes. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• MUAC tape data were not collected in Afghanistan and Tanzania, requiring two separate analytical models. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• SPA surveys are nationally representative assessments of healthcare availability and quality, developed in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, and national Ministries of Health. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• The study included only open, fully interviewed facilities, yielding a final weighted sample of 6,595 health facilities across six countries. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries
• Differing survey years across countries (2015–2022) may introduce temporal heterogeneity that limits comparability. — Health facilities readiness and associated factors to provide growth monitoring services in low-income and middle-income countries: evidence from national service provision assessment surveys of six countries