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Health Policy and Development
Department of Health Sciences of Uganda Martyrs University
ISSN: 1728-6107 EISSN: 1728-6107
Vol. 3, No. 2, 2005, pp. 164-169
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Bioline Code: hp05024
Full paper language: English
Document type: Special Article
Document available free of charge
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Health Policy and Development, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2005, pp. 164-169
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Theme two: Managing health information - The curse of league tables: How Uganda missed the point
Innocent, Komakech
Abstract
This paper examines the criteria used by the Ministry of Health to determine the performance of the different districts as presented in the annual National Health Sector Performance Report. Using the winner of the 2004/2005, it attempts to analyze the health situation in the district and challenges the reliability of using HSSP input, process and output indicators as a measure of sector performance. The paper proposes that outcome indicators, like health status indicators, are a better measure of sector performance and should be the ones used for rating district performance. It also suggests that process indicators be used for technical forums and not political forums like the National Health Assembly. It ends with a cautionary remark on the likely misinterpretation of process indicators by the general public in districts with poor health status.
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