Existence of National Public Health Entity That Is Responsible for Carrying Out Essential Public Health Functions
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
There is national public health institute (NPHI) or entity that is responsible for leadership, expertise and co-ordination of a country's public health activities
Numerator
Binary reporting (yes/no)
Denominator
Total count of responses
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Preferred data source Qualitative assessment based on interview with key informant and/or desk review of country documents, e.g., public health policies, national public health act, etc.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2022 iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/352205/9789240044210-eng.pdf
Technical Specifications
Web Annex. Technical specifications. In: Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 2022 iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/352201/9789240044234-eng.pdf?sequence=1
Link to Measurement Tools
Self-assessment tool for the evaluation of essential public health operations in the WHO European Region. Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe; 2015 (www.euro.who.int/en/ publications/abstracts/self-assessment-tool-for-the-evaluation-of-essential-public-health-operations-in-the-whox0002european-region-2015, accessed 17 August 2021). Assessment of essential public health functions in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Assessment tool. Cairo: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Easter Mediterranean; 2017 (www.emro.who.int/ about-who/public-health-functions/assessment-public-health-functions.html, accessed 17 August 2021). Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Centro Latino Americano de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud. Public health in the Americas: Instrument for Performance Measurement of Essential Public Health Functions (www.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2010/ EPHFInstrumentPerformance_Measurement.pdf, accessed 17 August 2021). To note: a revised and consolidated qualitative assessment tool with recommended scoring methodology is currently under development by WHO and will be forthcoming by end 2022