Table 1 Description of the datasets

From: COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

Country

Name of the routine health information system or administrative dataset

Dataset coverage

Total number of facilities reporting to the health information system

Number and type of sub-national units for modeling

Chile

Sistemas de Información del Ministerio de Salud

Public sector (serves approximately 80% of the population) and private sector for some indicatorsa

2,821 (ref. 67)

16 regions

Ethiopia

Health Management Information System (DHIS2 platform), Ministry of Health

All health facilities in the country (except Tigray region)b

24,481 (ref. 68)

10 regions

Ghana

District Health Information Management System (DHIMS) (DHIS2 platform), Ghana Health Services

All health facilities in the country

7,060 (ref. 69)

16 regions

Haiti

Système d’Information Sanitaire Unique (SISNU) (DHIS2 platform), Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population

All health facilities in the country

1,033 (ref. 70)

10 departments

Lao PDR

Health Management Information System (DHIS2 platform), Ministry of Health

Public health facilities only (the public system is the predominant provider of care)c

1,277 (ref. 71)

18 provinces

Mexico

Sistema de información del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS)

IMSS (serves approximately half the population)

1,830 (ref. 72)

35 delegations

Nepal

Health Management Information System (DHIS2 platform), Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services

All health facilities in the country

7,605 (ref. 73)

77 districts

South Africa

Health Management Information System (DHIS2 platform), National Department of Health

All health facilities in the KwaZulu-Natal province only

769 (ref. 74)

11 metropolitan and district municipalities

South Korea

National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Health Facility Claims Database

All health facilities in the country

36,125 (ref. 75)

17 provinces

Thailand

National Health Database of the Ministry of Public Health (43-folders dataset)

Public health facilities only (serves approximately 70% of the population)

11,654 (ref. 76)

77 provinces

  1. aIn Chile, deliveries, C-sections, inpatient admissions, discharges for child pneumonia and road traffic accidents include data from both public and private hospitals.
  2. bReporting in Tigray was suspended starting October 2020 due to political instability. The Tigray region was excluded from the analysis.
  3. cThere is no official estimate for the share of the private sector in Laos, which is loosely regulated. Healthcare is predominantly delivered by government-owned facilities. For example, private sector counts for only 2.6% of all facility births, according to the latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey.
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