Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance

Manuela De Allegri¹ , Subhash Pokhrel² , Heiko Becher¹ , Hengjin Dong¹ , Ulrich Mansmann³ , Bocar Kouyaté^4,6 , Gisela Kynast-Wolf¹ , Adjima Gbangou^5,6 , Mamadou Sanon⁶ , John Bridges⁷ and Rainer Sauerborn¹

¹  Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

²  Health Economics Research Group (HERG), Brunel University, UK

³  Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometrics, and Epidemiology, University of Munich, Germany

⁴  Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

⁵  Direction des Etudes et de la Planification, Ministère de la Santé, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

⁶  Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Nouna, Burkina Faso

⁷  Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA