# of patients who received inpatient or outpatient consultation

Indicator Name

# of patients who received inpatient or outpatient consultation at a supported health facility or mobile clinic (number of consultations)

Indicator ID in PRIME

IN00032036

Definition

Total number of consultations (as a proxy for patients) for any service (e.g. paediatric, general outpatient department, sexual and reproductive health, nutrition services, inpatient services, etc.) from any health facility or structure (e.g., hospital, health centre, mobile clinic) that is supported (directly or indirectly) by Save the Children.
 
• Direct support refers to Save the Children providing direct clinical care or service provision
• Indirect support refers to technical, financial, logistical, supply, or any other form of support provided by Save the Children, often to the Ministry of Health.

*Any consultation with any of the heath personnel including doctor, nurse etc, would be counted as a consultation.

Recommended Means of Verification

Calculation: Sum of consultations based on patient registers

Method: Facility registers, EPI register, line lists used to collect data from facility register

Source: Inpatient and outpatient consultations records, Programme or facility data clerk or MEAL Officer

Who Collects: Facility / H&N Personnel - (If available, data clerk)
From Whom: Caregivers / Counsellor – Facility Personnel

Frequency of Collection: Daily / Weekly
Frequency of Reporting: Monthly or Aligned with donor reporting requirements

How to count and aggregate: sum the values across all reporting periods

Indicator Attributes

Indicator Prioritisation

Global Indicator

Level of Indicator

Output

Indicator Context Type

Quantitative

Theme

Health & Nutrition

Sub Theme

Child Health

Common Approach

Treating Children Close to Home (Integrated Community Case Management)

Total Reach Indicator

Yes

Context

Humanitarian/Emergency, Development

Measurement GuidanceĀ 

Frequency of Data Collection

Weekly

Unit of Measure

Individual

Data Format

Number

Direction of Desired Change

Increasing

Number of Decimal Points

Zero

Indicator is Rounding

No

Nature

Incremental

Recommended Disaggregations

Age TR, Gender Group TR
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