Table 3 Data collection tools and sources

Household survey

Household head or representative

Household demographic and socio-economic profile, deaths in the 10 prior years

Household survey

All household members

Chronic conditions and health service use; health service use for acute conditions in the 4 weeks preceding the survey (incl. expenditure)

Household survey

Currently pregnant women and women who have ended a pregnancy in the 24 prior months

Pregnancy and birth history, use of reproductive health services (incl. costs), perceptions of health service quality

Household survey

Children under 5

Immunization status, use of growth

monitoring services

Household survey

Women of reproductive age, children under 5

Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria & anemia, height and weight measurements

Facility assessment

Facility in-charge

Service availability, administrative information (including finances), staffing, infrastructure, availability of infrastructure, equipment, drugs, and consumables

Health worker survey

Skilled health care personnel

Training, clinical knowledge, compensation, supervision, motivation, satisfaction, perceived working conditions

Direct observation

Antenatal care consultations, curative consultations for children under 5

Case management, treatment and counseling provided

Patient exit interview

Patients exiting from antenatal care consultations, curative consultations for children under 5, and curative consultations for patients aged 5 and older

Patient’s (or caretaker’s) perception of quality of care and satisfaction, socio-economic information

HMIS

Health facilities

Patient counts per service category from the routine health management information system