Health Facility Density/Distribution (Including Primary Care)

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
Efficiency
Domain
Wait and System Planning / Access

Defining Attributes

Definition

Total number of health facilities (and primary care facilities) per 10 000 population, disaggregated by managing authority.

Numerator

Number of facilities in public and private sectors

Denominator

Total population

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications

Facility type (as relevant to context): including, primary care facilities (e.g., GP practices, health centres, community health posts), specialty outpatient facilities (including polyclinics), first-level hospitals, second-level hospitals, specialty hospitals, long-term care facilities, continuing care facilities, traditional medicine, etc. Managing authority: public, private Sub-National Urban/rural

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Routine facility information system – facility database/master facility list, geospatial modelling

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

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
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