Supplementary Materials Package for BMC Public Health Submission

Manuscript title:
Predictors of Patient Satisfaction in Three Rural Districts of Sierra Leone: A Cross-sectional Household Survey

Recommended upload package:
1. Supplementary_File_1_Data_Dictionary.csv
   Complete codebook for all variables in the working dataset, including labels, domains, coding, missingness, and analytic handling.

2. Supplementary_File_1B_Derived_Variables.csv
   Derived variables used in the analytic dataset and manuscript.

3. Supplementary_File_2_Python_Analytic_Code.py
   Reproducible Python script for data cleaning, analytic sample derivation, Table 1, ordinal logistic regression, and forest plot generation.

4. Supplementary_File_3_R_Forest_Plot_Code.R
   R code for the publication-ready forest plot using final manuscript effect estimates.

5. Supplementary_File_4_STROBE_Checklist_Cross_Sectional.md
   STROBE reporting checklist for the cross-sectional manuscript.

6. Supplementary_Material_Index_BMC_Public_Health.docx
   Short index file describing the supplementary package for the journal.

Important note:
The raw respondent-level dataset is not included in this package. This is consistent with the manuscript data availability statement, which indicates that de-identified individual participant data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to review and approval by the study team and any required ethics body, and after signature of a data access agreement.