| 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 | ||||||