Completeness of reporting by facilities
Percent of facilities that submit reports within the required deadline.
Number of facilities reporting monthly within a given time period.
Total number of facilities.
Facility type, geographic location, managing authority, programme.
The number of reports received from facilities (usually monthly) is divided by the expected number of reports from facilities. Districts also report on a monthly or quarterly basis to national levels, and the received number of reports can be related to the expected number in order to assess completeness.
See also:Number/percent of reporting units submitting a completed routine management information systems report on time; and Percent of data elements reported accurately in MIS reports
Routine facility information systems
This indicator contributes to the measurement of facility management performance, such as the existence and use of administrative systems to maintain and improve health service provision.
Health information systems, Health workforce, Human resources, Supervision, Facility management
World Health Organization (WHO). 2015 Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators.; 2015. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/173589/1/WHO_HIS_HSI_2015.3_eng.pdf
World Health Organization (WHO). Monitoring the Building Blocks of Health Systems: A Handbook of Indicators and Their Measurement Strategies.; 2010. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/WHO_MBHSS_2010_full_web.pdf
Further information and related links
Monitoring the building blocks of health systems: a handbook of indicators and their measurement strategies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010 (Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/WHO_MBHSS_2010_full_web.pdf?ua=1).
Standard foreign assistance indicators/standard foreign assistance master indicator list (MIL). Washington (DC): United States Agency for International Development (Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/f/indicators/index.htm).
