Abbreviated Name:
Annual number of outpatient department visits
Indicator Name:
Annual number of outpatient department visits, per capita
Domain:
Health System Response/ Service delivery
Related Terms:
Access of health care services
Definition:
Number of outpatient visits per person per year Outpatient visit is defined as the contact with a health professional such as physicians (both generalists and specialists), nurse, midwife, dentists, etc, and is not admitted to any health care facility and does not occupy a hospital bed for any length of time.
Measurment Method:
Count of visits to health facilities for ambulant care, visits (OPD of hospitals and PHC facilities) per year, not including immunization
Numerator:
Total number of outpatient department visits per year.
Denominator
Total population
Estimation method:
Requires complete and reliable recording and reporting of the number of outpatient department visits by public and private facilities. Recall in population surveys can also be used.
Disaggregation:
Disaggregation by under 5 years old vs above 5 years old, district or province/region can be presented
Primary data sources:
Routine health facility reporting system and population-based surveys
Alternate data sources:
NA
Measurment frequency:
Annual