Healthcare equity analysis: applying the Tanahashi model of health service coverage to community health systems following devolution in Kenya

Table 3 Key indices for study counties

County	Marginalised³/ not marginalised	Poverty incidence (Headcount ratio)(Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2014)	Rural/urban	Province	Live births in previous 5 years % delivered by skilled provider(Kenya National Bureau of Statistics et al. 2014)	% children age 12–23 months who are fully vaccinated(Kenya National Bureau of Statistics et al. 2014)
Homa Bay	Not marginalised	48.4%	Rural agrarian	Nyanza	60.4%	53.7%
Kajiado	Not marginalised	38.0%	Rural nomadic	Rift Valley	63.2%	48.9%
Kitui^b	Not marginalised	60.4%	Rural agrarian	Eastern	46.2%	52.7%
Kwale	Marginalised	70.7%	Rural agrarian	Coast	50.1%	82.0%
Marsabit^a	Marginalised	75.8%	Rural nomadic	Eastern	25.8%	66.6%
Meru	Not marginalised	31.0%	Rural agrarian	Eastern	82.8%	78.3%
Nairobi^b	Not marginalised	21.8%	Urban	Nairobi	89.1%	60.4%
Nyeri	Not marginalised	27.6%	Rural agrarian	Central	88.1%	77.8%
Turkana	Marginalised	87.5%	Rural nomadic	Rift Valley	22.8%	56.7%
Vihiga	Not marginalised	38.9%	Rural agrarian	Western	50.3%	90.9%
National average		45.2%			61.8%	67.5%

1. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Economic Survey. Nairobi, Kenya; 2014
2. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health, National AIDS Control Council, Kenya Medical Research Institute, National Council for Population and Development. Kenya Demographic and Health Survey: Key Indicators. Nairobi, Kenya; 2014
3. Counties considered marginalised are those which receive the additional equalisation fund for the fourteen most marginalised counties in the country
^aInterviews also carried out with health workers from sub-county, health facility and community level
^b Interviews also carried out with health workers from sub-county, health facility and community level and interviews with CHVs, CHEWs, their supervisors and FGDs with community members

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