Abbreviated Name:
Availability of six selected medical devices
Indicator Name:
Density per million population of six selected medical devices in public and private health facilities
Domain:
Health System Response/ Medicines and medical devices
Related Terms:
Access, Readiness, Medical devices
Definition:
This indicator measures the total number and density per million populations (females aged 50-60 years in case of Mammography) on the availability and use of 6 medical devices – Computed Tomography (CT) scanners, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) units, Gamma Cameras, Mammography, Angiography Units, and Lithotripters.
Measurment Method:
Assessed through routine administrative records on numbers of units existing within a health care facility compiled, updated and submitted regularly.
Numerator:
Total number of facilities with the available device (CT Scan, MRI, Gamma Cameras, Mammography, Angiography Units, and Lithotripters)
Denominator
Total populations (females aged 50-60 years in case of Mammography)
Estimation method:
NA
Disaggregation:
Managing authority: public, private not-for-profit, private for profit, and others.
Medical device: CT Scan, MRI, Gamma Cameras, Mammography, Angiography Units, and Lithotripters
Medical device: CT Scan, MRI, Gamma Cameras, Mammography, Angiography Units, and Lithotripters
Primary data sources:
Routine facility information systems
Alternate data sources:
Health facility assessment surveys
Measurment frequency:
Routine facility information systems provide data instantly and for facility assessment survey annually/biannually