Accreditation Mechanisms for Education and Training Institutions

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
Workforce

Defining Attributes

Definition

Thera re national and/or subnational mechanisms for accreditation of education and training institutions, health care organisations, and their programmes, measured against key criteria.

Numerator

Binary reporting (yes/no)

Denominator

Total count of responses

Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments

None

Stratifications

By Occupation: (ISCO-08 codes included in parentheses) • Medical Doctors (221) • Generalist medical practitioners (2211) • Specialist medical practitioners (2212) • Nursing and midwifery professionals (222) • Nursing professionals (2221) • Midwifery professionals (2222) • Traditional and complementary medicine professionals (223) • Other health professionals (226) • Dentists (2261) • Pharmacists (2262) • Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals (2263) • Physiotherapists (2264) • Dietitians and nutritionists (2265) • Audiologists and speech therapists (2266) • Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians (2267) • CHWs (3253) • Family medicine practitioners

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Administrative data
Data Collection Methods

National Health Workforce Accounts

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

WHO National Health Workforce Accounts (apps.who.int/nhwaportal/, accessed 19 August 2021)

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