Definition: Percent of facilities that submit reports within the required deadline.
Numerator: Number of facilities reporting monthly within a given time period.
Denominator: Total number of facilities.
Disaggregation: Facility type, geographic location, managing authority, programme.
Data Requirements: The number of reports received from facilities (usually monthly) is divided by the expected number of reports from facilities. Districts also report on a monthly or quarterly basis to national levels, and the received number of reports can be related to the expected number in order to assess completeness. See also:Number/percent of reporting units submitting a completed routine management information systems report on time; and Percent of data elements reported accurately in MIS reports
Data Sources: Routine facility information systems
Purpose: This indicator contributes to the measurement of facility management performance, such as the existence and use of administrative systems to maintain and improve health service provision.
References: World Health Organization (WHO). 2015 Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators.; 2015. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/173589/1/WHO_HIS_HSI_2015.3_eng.pdf World Health Organization (WHO). Monitoring the Building Blocks of Health Systems: A Handbook of Indicators and Their Measurement Strategies.; 2010. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/WHO_MBHSS_2010_full_web.pdf Further information and related links Monitoring the building blocks of health systems: a handbook of indicators and their measurement strategies. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2010 (Retrieved from http://www.who.int/healthinfo/systems/WHO_MBHSS_2010_full_web.pdf?ua=1). Standard foreign assistance indicators/standard foreign assistance master indicator list (MIL). Washington (DC): United States Agency for International Development (Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/f/indicators/index.htm).