Percentage of Facilities Using Single, Comprehensive Patient Records

Identifying Attributes

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

Defining Attributes

Definition

Percentage of facilities using single, comprehensive patient records that should provide a longitudinal health history of patients across time and for all health conditions

Numerator

Number of facilities using comprehensive patient records

Denominator

Total number of facilities surveyed

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), first-level hospitals, second-level hospitals, specialty hospitals, long-term care facilities, continuing care facilities, etc.) Managing authority: public, private Subnational Urban/rural

Data Attributes

Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods

Facility survey

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 is currently revising its facility survey modules to incorporate additional elements of PHC measurement and will provide recommended scoring methodology.

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