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Utilisation rate PHC =>5 years
| Definition | Number of visits per person =>5 years to PHC health facilities per year. Calculated from PHC headcount =>5 years divided by population =>5 years.
DEFINITION: The rate at which services are utilised by the target population, represented as the average number of visits per person per year in the target population. The denominator is Census-derived population estimates.
USE: To determine overall utilisation patterns, in particular relevant for the move towards equity in the health sector.
COMMENTS: Utilisation may depend on many things like accessibility, acceptably and appropriateness of services, as well as the legacy of apartheid with its gross inequity in resources and personnel. |
| Reference | District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health. |
| Details | Minimum data set |
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Facilities [Related Resources]
| EC | FS | GP | KZN | LP | MP | NC | NW | WC | ZA |
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| Utilisation rate PHC =>5 years [Definition] |
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| 2001 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | [1] 1.7 |
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| 2002 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | [2] 1.8 |
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| 2003 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.4 | [3] 1.8 |
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| 2003 DHIS | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | [4] 1.8 |
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| 2004 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | [5] 2.1 |
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| 2004 DHIS | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | [6] 1.9 |
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| 2005 DHIS | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | [7] 1.9 |
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| 2006 DHIS | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.6 | [8] 2.0 |
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| 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
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2004.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2006
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted May 2005.
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2006
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted June 2006
- DHIS: District Health Information System Database. National Department of Health.
Local copy: -
Data extracted July 2007.
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