Skip to main content

Table 2 Interventions monitored by effective coverage with their related components

From: Effective coverage as a new approach to health system performance assessment: a scoping review

No

Author

Year

Country

Monitored intervention

Need assessment strategy

Use assessment strategy

Quality assessment strategy

Intervention selection criteria

1

Gakidou E. et al [12]

2006

Mexico

Skilled birth attendance

Care of premature neonates

Acute respiratory infections treatment in children

Hypertension treatment

National Health Surveys

Administrated data

National Health Surveys

Administrated data

hospital discharge data

Biomarkers

Risk-adjusted outcome

Content of care

(Not exactly mentioned)

Availability of data for 2000 and 2005–06 comparison

2

Lozano R. et al

2006

Mexico

Antenatal care

Skilled birth attendance

Services delivered to premature babies

Treatment of acute respiratory infections in children

Treatment of vision disorders

Glycemic control in diabetes

Treatment of hypertension

Treatment of hypercholesterolemia

Normative

Biomarkers

Self-reported diagnoses from household surveys

National

Health Surveys

Self-reporting

Biomarkers

Risk-adjusted outcome

Content of care

Projected impact on the burden of disease, affordability, potential impact on health disparities, and ability to extrapolate from these interventions to other interventions

Data availability

3

Liu Y. et al. [22]

2008

china

Hypertension treatment

National Health Survey self-reporting

Household Surveys self-reporting

Biomarkers

Physical examination included measurement of blood pressure

China’s major health problems

Data availability

4

Gakidou E. et al. [29]

2008

57 Countries

Cervical cancer screening

Normative eligible women aged 25 to 64

World Health Surveys self-reporting

Self-reporting

World Health Surveys

Second most common cancer in women and a leading cause of mortality worldwide

5

Idzerda L. et al. [34]

2011

Serbia

Acute respiratory infection treatment

Normative children less than five years

Household Surveys self-reporting of receiving medication

Biomarkers a lab test confirming the presence of ARI before antibiotics are prescribed and again after the treatment course confirming that the ARI has been resolved.

leading cause of death in children under 5 years old in Serbia

6

Martínez S. et al. [11]

2011

Latin American countries

a) Child Health

Breastfeeding

b) Women’s Health

Prenatal control

Childbirth care by qualified personnel

Cervical cancer screening

Breast cancer screening

c) Adult Health (Chronic Diseases)

Treatment of hypertension

Treatment of diabetes

Treatment of hypercholesterolemia

Standard, Single symptom or multiple symptoms, Biomarkers or Performance tests

Household surveys self-reports on care

Administrative data

records of interventions, drug inventory, Biomarkers

Biomarkers, Self-report, Process measures, Rates of mortality

Availability of data

7

López-López E. et al. [31]

2012

Mexico

Type 2 diabetes actions

National

Health Surveys

Administrative Data records of the diabetes control program

records of the diabetes control program

High occurrence and prevalence rate

8

Randive BB et al. [35]

2013

India

Institutional deliveries

(caesarean section rate as a proxy)

Administrative data

District caesarean section rates

Administrative Data

Population-level estimates of ID and caesarean section proportions

This fraction was multiplied by the ID proportion to give an effective coverage

High maternal mortality ratio

9

Colson KE. et al. [26]

2013

Mexico

Measles immunization

Normative children aged 12–23 months

Household Surveys self-reporting

Biomarkers

Seroconversion blood spot samples

 

10

Viviescas-Vargas DP. et al. [30]

2013

Mexico

Primary care services for the management of domestic violence against women

household surveys based on questionnaire

Household Survey self-reporting

household surveys

High prevalence rate

11

Colson KE. et al. [25]

2015

Mexico and Nicaragua

Measles Immunization

Normative children aged 12 to 23 months

Household Survey caregiver recall

Administrative Data child health cards

Biomarkers dried blood spots (DBS) serological methods

Vulnerability to imported cases and outbreaks in both countries

12

Engle-Stone R. et al

2015

Cameroon

Programs to control vitamin A deficiency

Normative women 15–49 years

children 6–59 months

National Health Surveys

Biomarkers

Prevalence of inadequate VA intake at “baseline coverage” as the proportion of the population that has inadequate intake at baseline and then “achieves sufficiency” as a result of a given intervention or set of interventions.

Prioritizing and coordinating micronutrient intervention programs

Deficiencies in micronutrients contribute to excessive morbidity and mortality of young children globally

13

Travassos MA. et al. [24]

2016

Ethiopia

Immunization tetanus Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

Normative children aged 12–23 or 6–8 months

Administrative Data

vaccination cards and immunization clinic records household survey maternal recall

Biomarkers

Serosurveys

Conflict in coverage rate of different sources

14

Ríos-Blancas MJ. et al

2016

Mexico

Hypertension treatment

The prevalence of hypertension

Physical examination in national health survey biomarkers

self-report of antihypertensive treatment

Statistical methods

two-step least squares method (MC2E) was used using instrumental variables (VI) instrumental variables

One of leading causes of death Burden of Disease

15

Luo H. et al. [27]

2016

Cameroon

programs on adequacy of folate and vitamin B-12 intake

Normative Women children 12–59 months

National Health Surveys

Biomarkers evaluated the baseline prevalence of inadequate intake and biochemical deficiency of these nutrients analysis of blood specimens

High inadequate rates of folate and vitamin B-12 intake

16

Ramke J. et al. [36]

2017

20 countries

Cataract surgery

number of people having operable cataract

number of people with operated cataract

Biomarker presenting visual acuity in the operated eye

leading cause of blindness globally

17

Guerrero-Nunez S. et al. [33]

2017

Chile

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 control

diabetic patients prevalence rate

diabetic patients participating in the health control program

Biomarker

Percentage of patients in metabolic control [HbA1c < 7%], according to the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 at the national and regional level

morbidity and mortality rate guaranteed pathologies

18

Nguhiu PK. et al. [23]

2017

kenya

Maternal and child health interventions

Family planning services

Functional antenatal services

Skilled delivery and perinatal care

Breastfeeding during the first 6 months of life

Immunization services

Management of diarrhea

Care seeking for acute respiratory illness and/or fever

Use of insecticide-treated nets

Normative

National Health Surveys Administrative data

Content of care

The recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women and Children’s Health Report based on their relevance to national priorities Availability of data

  1. Bold entries in three strategy categories: main strategies