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Health systems performance rank

DefinitionRank from 1 to end given to each country according to summary comparison of health systems performance and attainment of health systems goals. Note that the methodology for this assessment is highly controversial and is being reviewed prior to reassessment.
ReferenceWorld Health Organisation. The World Health Report 2000. Health Systems: Improving Performance. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2000.
Ref. URLhttp://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/whr2000.htm
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Services

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Indicator Data
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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Health systems performance rank [Definition]
1997 ---------[1] 175
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. World Health Report 2000: World Health Organisation. The World Health Report 2000. Health Systems: Improving Performance. Geneva: World Health Organisation; 2000. http://www.who.int/health-systems-performance/whr2000.htm As at January 2002, how to proceed with subsequent inter-country comparisons of health systems performance is still being debated by the World Health Organisation. Report of the working group was submitted to the WHO Executive Board - see http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/EB109/eeb1096.pdf
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