Table 1 Health system tracer indicators and data sources related to coverage of care at birth for rural women in Tanzania
Contextual factors | Inputs | Outputs | Outcomes | |||||||
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Tracer indicator | Source | Building block | Tracer Indicator | Source | Building block | Tracer Indicator | Source | Building block | Tracer Indicator | Source |
Total Population (2012) | 2012 census [26] | Governance and leadership | Qualitative analysis - no standardised quantitative data for assessment | Health Service Quality | % women informed of danger signs at ANC | 2010 DHS Report [10] | Coverage Along the Continuum of Care | Proportion of births by rural women by Caesarean section | Original analysis using 2010 DHS [10] | |
GDP per capita | Original analysis using National Accounts 2000-2010 [27] | Health System Financing | Per capita recurrent health expenditure | PMO-RALG Local Government Financial Report (FY 2012/13) [29] | Health Service Utilisation | No data available at regional level | Proportion of births by rural women in a health facility | Original analysis using 2010 DHS [10] | ||
Maternal education | Original analysis using 2010 DHS [10] | Per capital total health expenditure | PMO-RALG Local Government Financial Report (FY 2012/13) [29] | Health Service Readiness | % facilities with improved water source | Tanzania Service Provision Assessment Survey 2014–15 [38] | Equity | Cross-cutting thematic analysis - regional equity | ||
Proportion of births by rural women | Original analysis using worldpop data [28] | Out of Pocket health expenditure | Household Budget Survey 2007 [30] | |||||||
Number of births | Original analysis using worldpop data [28] | Community Health Fund coverage | Fact Sheet Inside NHIF 2001/02 to 30th June 2013 NHIF [33] | |||||||
Rural Birth Density | Original analysis using worldpop data [28] | Official Development Assistance to MNH | Partners Mapping and Resource Tracking 2013/14 with personal communication [31] | |||||||
Total Fertility Rate | Original analysis using worldpop data [28] | Health Workforce | Skilled health workforce density | Original analysis using 2012/13 HRH Country Profile [34] and Census [26] | ||||||
Infrastructure and Commodities | Health facility density - health centres & hospitals | Service Provision Assessment Survey 2014 data provided by personal communication [36] | ||||||||
Availability of essential drugs | National RMNCH scorecard from HMIS data (quarter 4 of 2014) | |||||||||
Health Information Systems | No data accessible | |||||||||
Legislative framework | Not applicable at regional level | |||||||||