The bottleneck severity is the relative importance of any given bottleneck as a constraining factor of effective coverage. In EQUIST, the severity of a bottleneck is measured as the relative (%) drop between two consecutive coverage determinants.
Related Articles
Amenable (Avertable) deaths
Amenable or avertable deaths are deaths in disadvantaged populations due to the fact that these populations have lower coverage of high impact interventions than the least disadvantaged populations in the same...Enabling Environment
The enabling environment is understood mainly as a key determinant of status and changes in bottlenecks, and therefor effective coverage. Following UNICEF’s general Monitoring Results for Equity System (MORES) framework...Disadvantaged Population
We defined the “most disadvantaged” in each country to be anyone that is below a given threshold. Figure 2: Country Typology based on inequality of DALYs between quintiles, and severity...
Coverage Determinants
The bottleneck analysis framework in EQUIST assumes that eight conditions (coverage determinants) must be met to provide effective coverage of any health intervention. Each coverage determinant, from the supply and...