N. HEALTH CARE
  METRICS STRATEGIC                                                               definition                                                                            rat. PLANNING                                                                definition                                                                           rat. OPERATIONAL                                                               definition                                                                           rat.
HOSPITALS                 N1            (hospitals should be renamed treatment centers with some additional subtopics such as conditions, ownership, research, pharmacy, private doctors ) number of major hospitals; number of specialty hospitals; number of degreed doctors over number of hospitals; number of government owned hospitals compared with number of private hospitals; admission capabilities over number of hospitals; bed occupancy rate; average length of stay; number of deaths in hospitals; number of reported mal-practice cases; number of patients treated; salaries of doctors; percent of public funding; percentage of government funding dedicated toward hospitals; number of major hospitals; role of hospitals in health care; percentage of government funding dedicated toward hospitals;   reputation of care for hospitals; willingness of hospitals to treat foreign visitors; percentage of people working in hospitals; general locations of hospitals relative to operation area; admissions capabilities of local hospitals; number of cases of mal-practice   admission capabilities of local hospitals; bed occupancy rate of local hospitals; availability of hospitals to local population; location of all local hospitals; dependence of local population on hospitals for care  
GOVERNMENT POLICY                        N2 percentage of government aid; percentage of taxes for health care; percentage of GDP for health care; general cost of health care to public government policies on aid to poor and general population; major government policies regarding health care;  percentage of national funds dedicated towards health care; political, social, and economical impact of health care   government policies for treating foreign visitors; government policies on financial aid for families and individuals of all social status and age   government policies for treating foreign visitors;  
SURGERY                   N3 frequency of success; number degreed surgeons; number operation facilities; death rate from surgery; role of surgery in health care   surgical capabilities of doctor(kinds of surgery able to be performed); frequently performed surgeries; general locations of surgical facilities relative to operation area   specific location of surgical facilities in local are;  
TECHNOLOGY            N4 number of facilities with up-to-date technology role of technology in health care   kinds of technology available for health care   exhaustive list of technological equipment available for health care  
EPIDEMICS                 N5 frequency of epidemics; deaths resulting from epidemics; number of people/percentage of population  carrying major epidemic disease(example: HIV) severity of risk of epidemics; political, social, and economical impact of epidemics   List of past and present epidemics; rate at which epidemics spread; number of deaths resulting from epidemics; affect of epidemic diseases on general population; available vaccinations to prevent contraction of epidemic disease; vaccinations for local population   how to prevent contraction of epidemic diseases; affect of epidemic diseases on local population  
DISEASES                    N6 deaths resulting from common diseases;  number of people/percent of population carrying common diseases(example: heart disease, diabetes) severity of risk of contracting common diseases and death due to these diseases   List of common diseases and breakdown of number of people with each and number of deaths attributed to each; vaccinations to prevent contraction of common diseases; available vaccinations given to local population   how to prevent contraction of diseases; affect of common diseases on local population  
COMMUNICABLE       N6.1 deaths from communicable diseases; number of people/percent of population with communicable diseases(example: tuberculosis) severity of risk of death due to communicable diseases   list of communicable diseases and breakdown of number of people with each, and number of deaths attributed to each; vaccinations to prevent contraction communicable diseases;   how to prevent contraction of communicable diseases; affect of communicable diseases on local population  
RESPIRATORY          N6.2                 (what about other kinds of diseases) deaths from respiratory diseases; number of people/percent of population carrying respiratory diseases severity of risk of contracting respiratory diseases and death due to these diseases   list of respiratory diseases and breakdown of number of people with each, and number of deaths attributed to each; available vaccinations to prevent contraction respiratory diseases;   how to prevent contraction of respiratory diseases; affect of respiratory diseases on local population  
REGIONAL                 N6.3 number of regional diseases; number of people/percent of population carrying regional diseases; deaths from regional diseases severity of regional diseases   breakdown of regions and their indigenous diseases   diseases indigenous to local area  
REMEDIES                  N7                  (does this mean pharmacy?) cost of remedies   existence of local and other remedies for all common diseases;   availability of remedies to local population  
Other Things that might be important topic mortality rate; birth rate; infant mortality rate; life expectancy; role of private doctors