Average Average number To monitor DHIS Numerator: High levels of Efficiency Ratio Quarterly No A low District Health length of of patient days the efficiency efficiency y average Services stay in Inpatient that an admitted of the district could hide length of stay district days + 1/2 patient in the hospital poor quality reflects high hospitals Day patients district hospital levels of before efficiency. separation. But these Denominator: high efficiency Separations levels might also compromise quality of hospital care Bed Patient days Track the DHIS Numerator: Accurate Efficiency Percentage Quarterly No Higher bed District Health utilisation during the over/under reporting sum utilisation Services rate (based Inpatient reporting period, utilisation of of daily usable indicates on usable days + 1/2 expressed as a district beds efficient use beds) in Day patients percentage of hospital of bed district the sum of the beds utilisation hospitals daily number of and/or higher Denominator: usable beds. burden of disease Number of and/or better usable bed service levels days
Average length of stay in district hospitals Average number of patient days that an admitted patient in the district hospital before separation. To monitor the efficiency of the district hospital DHIS Numerator: Inpatient days + 1/2 Day patients Denominator: Separations High levels of efficiency y could hide poor quality Efficiency Ratio Quarterly No A low average length of stay reflects high levels of efficiency. But these high efficiency levels might also compromise quality of hospital care District Health Services Bed utilisation rate (based on usable beds) in district hospitals Patient days during the reporting period, expressed as a percentage of the sum of the daily number of usable beds. Track the over/under utilisation of district hospital beds DHIS Numerator: Inpatient days + 1/2 Day patients Denominator: Number of usable bed days Accurate reporting sum of daily usable beds Efficiency Percentage Quarterly No Higher bed utilisation indicates efficient use of bed utilisation and/or higher burden of disease and/or better service levels District Health Services