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Table 4 Ability of MTUHA to generate indicators/information for the hospital development plan

From: An in-depth, exploratory assessment of the implementation of the National Health Information System at a district level hospital in Tanzania

Indicators used in hospital development plan

Indicator found in MTUHA

Information available in MTUHA

Can/How could MTUHA be used for greater alignment

Stillbirth/1000 live birth at hospital

No

Yes MTUHA book 10, F004

Use perinatal mortality (MTUHA book 2, Table 23 D)

Hospital based mortality of children <5 (<5 death/total live birth at hospital)

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

<5 death due to acute respiratory infection (ARI)/total <5 admitted due to ARI

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

<5 death due to diarrhoea/total <5 admitted due to diarrhoea

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

<5 death due to malaria/total <5 admitted due to malaria

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

Facility-based maternal death ratio: maternal death/100000 live birth at hospital

Yes

(Yes as noted in previous column)

n.a.

MTUHA book 2, Table 23C

Proportion of C/S/total deliveries at hospital in%

No

Yes MTUHA book 10, F004

No

Perinatal mortality rate: perinatal death/1000 deliveries at hospital

Yes

(Yes as noted in previous column)

n.a.

MTUHA book 2, Table 23 D

Proportion of ANC clients tested for HIV: ANC clients tested/total of first visits at ANC

No

Yes MTUHA book 10, F004

No

Proportion of children <5 enrolled at RCH from all children <5 of catchment area

No

No

Use RCH coverage: No of children enrolled at RCH/total number of < 1 year olds per year

(MTUHA book 10, F004, part 8)

Pregnant women enrolled at RCH from all pregnant women in catchment area

Yes

(Yes as noted in previous column)

n.a.

MTUHA book 10, F004

Proportion of person participating in VCT from all couples in catchment area*

No*

No

No

Proportion of couples participating in VCT from all couples in catchment area*

No*

No

No

ART retention rate (number of Patients on ART by end of the year/total of Patients ever treated for HIV since 2006)

No*

No

No

PMTCT enrolment coverage (number of pregnant women on ARV therapy/number of pregnant woman tested positive for HIV)

No*

No

No

Earnings/Expanses

No

No

No

Earnings from patients-fees/total earnings

No

No

No

Average expenses per patient

No

No

No

Bed-utilisation-rate

No

No

No

Average length of stay

No

No

No

Proportion of staff available from staff eligible

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

Proportion of staff having had training from all staff

No

Yes MTUHA book 2

No

  1. *this data can be found in the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) data base.