Dominican Republic: HIS Indicators
As of August 2019, we had located 26 of the 30 indicators for the Dominican Republic. Please see the table below for more details on each indicator.
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National health strategy** |
HIS policy** |
Country has set of core health indicators** |
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National HIS coordinating body ††† |
Country has master facility list |
Population census within the last 10 years |
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Availability of national health surveys
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Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
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Country has national statistics office |
National health statistics report (annual)** |
Country has website for health statistics with latest data available** |
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DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts
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Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
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Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring |
Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year |
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Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS |
Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported
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RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
At least one national health account completed in last 5 years
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Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
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e-health strategy
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Completeness of disease surveillance reporting |
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** Outdated
††† Available, but activity unknown
The table below presents more information on each indicator. Indicator definitions can be found here: http://www.measureevaluation.org/his-strengthening-resource-center/health-information-systems-his-country-profile-indicators.
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Indicators |
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Title/Notes |
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1. National health strategy |
Not current (2015) |
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2. Health sector M&E plan |
Not available |
In-country contact |
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3. HIS policy |
Not current (2006) |
Ley N° 42 - 01 General de Salud, que crea el Sistema de Información General en Salud and Decreto N° 249-06 que aprueba el Reglamento del Sistema de Información General en Salud |
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4. HIS strategic plan |
Not available |
In-country contact |
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5. Country has set of core health indicators |
Yes, but not current (2015) |
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6. National HIS coordinating body |
Established, activity unknown |
Decreto N° 249-06 que aprueba el Reglamento del Sistema de Información General en Salud The article No. 8 establishes the conformation of an inter-institutional network and the members |
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7. Country has master facility list |
Established and is updated (2016) |
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8. Conducted HMN assessment |
Not completed |
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9. Population census within the last 10 years |
Yes (2010) |
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10. Availability of national health surveys |
MICS5 (2014) and DHS (2013) |
Data and reports can be found on links provided. |
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11. Completeness of vital registration (births and deaths) |
Incomplete – live births and deaths are less than 90% |
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12. Country has electronic system for aggregating routine facility and/or community service data |
Yes, Sistema de Gestion Clinica (SGC) for Primary Health Care |
In-country contact |
Guía operativa de gestión del componente basado en resultados en los centros de atención primaria |
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13. Country has national statistics office |
Yes |
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14. National health statistics report (annual) |
Not current (2015) |
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15. Country has website for health statistics with latest data available |
Yes, updated but has no recent health report |
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16. DQA conducted on prioritized indicators aligned with most recent health sector strategy |
Available |
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Only with intentional search and reclassification of maternal deaths Regarding maternal mortality, where the data is revalidated with the clinical file and the informants are evaluated |
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17. PRISM assessment conducted in any regions/districts |
Conducted (2008–2009) |
See page 13, Table 1 |
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18. Percentage of facilities represented in HMIS information |
Available |
Anuario estadístico de salud 2012. DIGEPI: Semana epidemiológica 52 The document indicates the centers that reported in general and per month See: Early warning performance indicators according to provinces and health areas, 2016 |
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19. Proportion (facility, district, national) offices using data for setting targets and monitoring |
Available
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Monthly reports from SRS and SNS Head Office, DPS. The document summarizes the data collected for the goals, objectives, and monitoring of the MSP decentralized offices. |
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20. Measles coverage reported to WHO/UNICEF |
WHO/UNICEF estimate = 95%; Official government estimate = 95% |
See page 8 of WHO/UNICEF estimates of immunization coverage: 2018 revision |
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21. Number of institutional deliveries available by district, and published within 12 months of preceding year |
Available |
Indicadores de salud del sector public It was validated with the DASIS that only the institutional ones are computed in the statistics of the public network. The data of institutional births as a proportion of the total is obtained from ENDESA. |
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22. Existence of policies, laws, and regulations mandating public and private health facilities/ providers to report indicators determined by the national HIS |
Yes |
Decree No. 309-07 establishes a Regulation of the National Epidemiological Surveillance System (SINAVE), a document that orders public and private establishments to provide epidemiological data when required. Also, there are complementary ministerial resolutions, which establish mandatory diseases for SINAVE. |
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23. Availability of standards/guidelines for RHIS data collection, reporting, and analysis |
Yes (Partially- available for some programs), not available online |
In-country contact |
The standards are scattered because they depend on the organizational unit that collects the information. There are manuals for collecting and disseminating vital statistics. However, this does not mean that they are the only ones, since this requires an uprising with the areas that are producing statistics in the ministry. Manual de procedimientos para la captación, recolección, procesamiento y difusión información de nacimientos (2006) SESPAS: Procedimientos e instrumentos para la gestion de informacion de defunciones (2007) |
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24.Presence of procedures to verify the quality of data (accuracy, completeness, timeliness) reported |
Yes |
In-country contact |
In the weekly reports of epidemiological surveillance at the end of the document, indicators of performance of the early warning system are presented. They present the quantities of reporting units by province and health area, the proportion reported, and the proportion reported on time. |
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25.RHIS data collection forms allow for disaggregation by gender |
Yes
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In-country contact |
The EPI-II form includes the data processed in the SINAVE modules and allows the disaggregation of events reported by gender. |
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26. At least one national health account completed in last 5 years |
Yes (2015) |
Document provided by in-country contact http://www.who.int/health- http://200.88.158.22
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The MSP generates Health Accounts figures, which are used to feed the WHO portal and the Social Indicators System of the Dominican Republic (SISDOM). As WHO and OECD are pushing for a new methodological standard, the Health Accounts System (SCS) 2011, the country focused on a homogeneous series of the period 2004-2015. Study will be published soon. In addition, exercises for the Measurement of Spending on AIDS (MEGAS) have been developed. The last one was published in 2014. Serie homogénea del gasto sanitario para el período 2004 – 2014, aplicando el SCS 2011 Compendio estadístico de Cuentas Nacionales de Salud 2004 - 2015 |
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27. National database with health workers by district and main cadres updated within last 2 years |
Not available |
In-country contact |
In the last two years, this type of database has not been available. Nonetheless, eventual triangulations of payrolls for health personnel are carried out for budgeting purposes. |
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28. Annual data on availability of tracer medicines and commodities in public and private health facilities |
Available (2015) |
In-country contact |
The Unique System of Medicines and Supplies (SUGEMI) performs this type of survey periodically for the first level of care, which has been reflected in newsletters. The last ones (published) are from the year 2015. |
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29. e-health strategy |
Yes (Partially) |
In-country contact |
Country has regional eSalud implementation documents and public health policy but no national eHealth strategy. |
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30. Completeness of disease surveillance reporting |
Yes (2019) |
In-country contact |
In the weekly reports of epidemiological surveillance at the end of the document, indicators of performance of the early warning system are presented. They present the quantities of reporting units by province and health area, the proportion reported, and the proportion reported on time. |
