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Table 1 Rapid assessment tool – components, elements and number of data queries

From: Rapid assessment of infrastructure of primary health care facilities – a relevant instrument for health care systems management

Number

Infrastructural component (number of data queries)

Infrastructural elements in component (number of data queries)

Focus / Remarks

1

The facility and its management (30)

Statistics (18)

The facility as an entity

Maintenance (1)

Accessibility (1)

Information management (1)

Services (9)

2

Physical infrastructure (26)

Compound (2)

Facility (entity)

Buildings - basic data (5)

Buildings are

Buildings – construction (7)

assessed discretely

Buildings – interior works (6)

Buildings – installations (6)

3

Supply facilities systems (16)

Electrical supply (5)

Facility (entity)

Water supply (5)

Rain water harvesting (6)

4

Disposal systems (14)

Waste (9)

Facility (entity)

Effluent discharge (5)

5

Technical medical equipment (7)

Asset location data (1)

Assets are assessed discretely

Asset statistical data (2)

Asset functionality (2)

Maintenance resources (2)

6

Information Communication Technology (4)

Telephone (2)

Facility (entity)

Internet (2)

7

Outreach services (4)

Transport (2)

Facility (entity)

Referral (2)

  1. Table 1 refers to the seven major infrastructural components (compare Figure 1) and describes all infrastructural elements that are considered under rapid assessment, together with the related number of data queries.