Percentage of Hypertensive Patients, Managed by Rural Health Facilities, Having Their Condition Under Control Following WHO Definition, Disaggregated by Gender
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rural and Remote Care
Country
Samoa
Publishing Organisation
Samoa Health System Strengthening Program
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Effectiveness
Domain
Resources
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Number of hypertensive patients, managed by the district hospitals following standardised disease management protocols, who have their blood pressure under control. The WHO definition will be used to define the blood pressure is under control
Denominator
Number of hypertensive patients, managed by the district hospitals following standardised disease management protocols.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Gender
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Data source: rural health facility, patient records and registry. Collected via routine reporting of rural health facilities and aggregated by Ministry of Health.
Frequency of Data Collection
6 monthly
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
182
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Yes
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
The World Bank, 2019, Program Appraisal document on proposed grant: Samoa Health System Strengthening Program (P164382), page 45 Accessed 15.04.2024
Technical Specifications
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
02 December 2025
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Date Modified 02 December 2025