World Health Organization : Year 1998 ; World Health Organization, Analysis, Research, And Assessment, No. 98.4: Tools and Methods for Health System Assessment

By Katja Janovsky, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1998 ; World Health Organization, Analysis, Research, And Assessment, No. 98.4: Tools and Methods for Health System Assessment
Author:	Katja Janovsky, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Excerpt
The demand for more and better tools and methods to assess health systems has been a constant theme in health development since before Alma Ata. Opinions Vary as to what information is most needed to irnprove decisionmaking, and the focus of available assessment tools extends from the policy process and the political and econornic context within which the health sector operates, to the quality and quantity of services and the impact of a range Of interventions on health status. The search for a box of magic bullets that will provide clear and concise answen and sign posts to better health continues unabated. What then are the eçsential ingredients of a good assessrnent? Do we have the wherewithal to carry out these assessments? To ensure their use? And who are 'we' in this process? Health systems managers, researchers. consultants, donors? Partners or inspectors? This document has been prepared to take stock of a range of currently available tools and rnethods to review al1 or part of the health systern. What tools do we have? What do we know about them? What is their track record? Where are the gaps? Are the key problems about the quality of tools or about their scope? Or are tools in any event only part of the solution? Where do capacity and comrnitrnent to use available tools corne in? What is needed in addition to developing tools and making them available?

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Tools for Health System Assessment: A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Organisation of the lnventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii Content of the Inventoiy Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) PHC Management Advancement Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Data for Decision Making Project (DDM) Assessing the Private Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 National Health Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Gesellschaff fur Technische Zusamrnenarbeit (GTZ) Assessrnent of the District Health System Using Qualitative Methods . . . . . . . . . . 11 International lnstitute for Environment and Development (IIED) Rapid Rural Appraisal: Applications for Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Kielmann et al Assessing District Health Needs. Services and Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Martineau and Martinez Human Resources in the Health Sector: Guidelines for Appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The MEDEX Group Management Development Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.9 MOH lndonesia Stratification Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 National Association of County Health Oficials APEXPH: Assessment Protocol for Excellence in Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Oxfam Financing Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PRICOR Primary Health Care Thesaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Reich and Cooper PolicyMaker: Computer Aided Political Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sandoz lnstitute for Health and Socio-Economic Studies MoneyforHealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 3 Scrimshaw and Hurtado Rapid Assessrnent Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 UNICEF Cost . Resource Use and Financing Methodology for District Health Services . . . . 37 World Health Organization (WHO) Cost Analysis in Prirnary Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 CDDlARl Focused Programme Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 3 EPI Programme Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Indicators for Monitoring National Drug Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Drug Use in Health Facilities/Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Health Workforce Projection Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Health Care Systems In Transition: Template & Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Primary Health Care Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Rapid Evaluation Methods for MCHlFP Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Rapid Appraisals of Community Health Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65