Frameworks for health systems performance assessment: how comprehensive is Ghana's holistic assessment tool?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring the performance of a health system is an essential requirement in creating systems that generate efficient, equitable, patient-focused, accessible and sustainable results. A fundamental requirement for a performance measurement system is the development of an assessment framework within which specific performance measures could be defined and applied regularly. This paper examines the comprehensiveness of Ghana's health system assessment framework called the Holistic Assessment Tool in relation to some of the internationally recognized frameworks. The paper also analyzes trends in the performance of the health system to understand whether or not an improvement has been recorded following the adoption and implementation of the Holistic Assessment Tool.

Method

SUBMITTER: Kumah E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061475 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature