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Cataract surgery rate (surgeries per million uninsured population)

DefinitionNumber of cataract surgeries done per year per 1 million public sector dependent population.

Numerator: Number of cataract surgeries done per year x 1 million
Denominator: public sector dependent population

Note: This indicator is often given per 1 000 population instead of per million as defined in the HGOI.

Objective: Increase cataract surgery rate to 1 per 1 000 by 2005 (or 1 000 per million)
ReferenceHealth Goals, Objectives and
Indicators 2001-2005. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2001.
Ref. URLhttp://www.doh.gov.za/docs/misc/indicators.html
Details6.8 Chronic Diseases, Disabilities and Geriatrics
Keywords
Indicator Type: -> Health Status -> Disability

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Cataract surgery rate (surgeries per million uninsured population) [Definition]
2000 ---------[1] 639
2001 ---------[2] 711
2004 6091 48910 8821 544----757[3] 1 039
2005 8691 2899 1226 432-----[4] 1 030
2006 [5] 9331 216[6] 9 4808 701-----[7] 1 146
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. DoH Annual Report 2001/02: Department of Health Annual Report 2001/2002. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/reports/annual/2001-02/contents.html
    Local copy: -
    Number of operations: 23163 (Note that it isn't clear what population denominator was used in this source, so the rate was calculated using the public sector dependent population determined from medical schemes coverage. Table 19.
  2. DoH Annual Report 2001/02: Department of Health Annual Report 2001/2002. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2002. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/reports/annual/2001-02/contents.html
    Local copy: -
    Number of operations: 26 365 (Note that it isn't clear what population denominator was used in this source, so the rate was calculated using the public sector dependent population determined from medical schemes coverage. Table 19.
  3. DoH Annual Report 2004/05: Department of Health Annual Report 2004/05. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2005. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/reports/annual/2004-05/
    Local copy: -
    Source doesn't give the number of operations done, or specify what population was used in the denominator. Data for 2004/05 financial year. Provincial data from the provincial annual reports available from National Treasury http://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/annualreport/default.htm.
  4. DoH Annual Report 2005/06: Department of Health Annual Report 2005/06. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2006. http://www.doh.gov.za
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/doh_anrep_2005_06.pdf
    Provincial data from the provincial annual reports available from National Treasury http://www.treasury.gov.za/documents/annualreport/default.htm.
  5. EC provincial report. Based on 6 115 cataract surgeries.
  6. Not clear whether this is the number of surgeries or the rate per million.
  7. DoH Annual Report 2006/07: Department of Health Annual Report 2006/07. Pretoria: Department of Health; 2007. http://www.doh.gov.za
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/DoH/doh_anrep_2006_07.pdf
    Provincial data from provincial annual reports downloaded/received from provinces.
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