District Health Barometer 2008/09 draft chapters live online.

Keeping abreast with the latest international publishing trends, draft chapters of the District Health Barometer 2008/09 are being published on the HST website and later on CD. This will allow interested parties, researchers, health managers and policy makers to access chapters as they are made available, rather than having to wait for a printed publication.

The first chapter made available over the next few weeks is Part A: Indicator Comparisons by District. Chapter 1 deals with input indicators which include:

1.1 Total PHC Expenditure per Capita (available online)
1.2 PHC (Non-Hospital) Expenditure per Capita (available online as above with 1.1)
1.3 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Management (available online)
1.4 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Hospitals (available online)
1.5 PHC (Non-Hospital) Expenditure per Patient Visit (available online)
1.6 Cost per Patient Day Equivalent (available online)

About the District Health Barometer

The goal of the District Health Barometer is to improve the quality of and access to primary health care services, by monitoring and measuring important performance indicators of the health system at district level. (http://www.hst.org.za/generic/77)

To view previous editions of the District Health Barometer, please access the links below:

DHB 2007/8 http://www.hst.org.za/publications/850
DHB 2006/7 http://www.hst.org.za/publications/717
DHB 2005/6 http://www.hst.org.za/publications/701
DHB 2004 - Year One http://www.hst.org.za/publications/689

The District Health Barometer is funded by the Development Bank of Southern Africa