Patient day Monitoring DHIS Sum of: Accuracy Output Sum Quarterly No Higher levels District Health Patient Day equivalent is the service dependant on of uptake Services Equivalent in Inpatient weighted volumes quality of data may indicate District days combination of from reporting an increased Hospitals inpatient days, facility burden of 1/2 Day day patient disease, or patients days, and greater 1/3 OPD OPD/Emergency reliance on total headcount, public health -total with inpatient system 1/3 days multiplied by a factor of 1, day patient multiplied by a factor of 0.5 and OPD/Emergency total headcount multiplied by a OPD factor of 0.33. All Headcount hospital activity total = sum expressed as a of: equivalent to OPD one inpatient specialist day clinic + OPD general clinic A headcount of Monitoring DHIS Sum of: Accuracy Output Sum Quarterly No Higher levels District Health OPD all outpatients the service dependant on of uptake Services Headcount OPD attending an volumes quality of data may indicate in specialist outpatient clinic. from reporting an increased district clinic facility burden of hospitals disease, or greater OPD reliance on general public health clinic system
Patient Day Equivalent in District Hospitals Patient day equivalent is weighted combination of inpatient days, day patient days, and OPD/Emergency total headcount, with inpatient days multiplied by a factor of 1, day patient multiplied by a factor of 0.5 and OPD/Emergency total headcount multiplied by a factor of 0.33. All hospital activity expressed as a equivalent to one inpatient day Monitoring the service volumes DHIS Sum of: Inpatient days 1/2 Day patients 1/3 OPD -total 1/3 OPD Headcount total = sum of: OPD specialist clinic + OPD general clinic Accuracy dependant on quality of data from reporting facility Output Sum Quarterly No Higher levels of uptake may indicate an increased burden of disease, or greater reliance on public health system District Health Services OPD Headcount in district hospitals A headcount of all outpatients attending an outpatient clinic. Monitoring the service volumes DHIS Sum of: OPD specialist clinic OPD general clinic Accuracy dependant on quality of data from reporting facility Output Sum Quarterly No Higher levels of uptake may indicate an increased burden of disease, or greater reliance on public health system District Health Services
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