Existence of National Public Health Entity That Is Responsible for Carrying Out Essential Public Health Functions

Identifying Attributes

Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
World Health Organisation
Publishing Organisation
Primary health care measurement framework and indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Structure
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning

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
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

None

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
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
No

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

Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025