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15. PRESENTATION OF RESULTS
Principles and analytical use
Health Accounts are designed to link observed patterns and results of a process to policy planning and policy evaluation. The observations and results need to be translated into meaningful and relevant indicators.
Indicators for international reporting purposes are a product or a synthetic presentation with a potential coverage as wide as possible. Comparability is important for cross national analyses. A standardised derivation and presentation of indicators is a key for comparability. International agreement on labels and content of indicators is a first step. Two approaches may be relevant of the choice of a minimum data set and/or an expanded list of indicators.
The linkage of results into the policy debate is a country responsibility. This unit is designed to illustrate some of the more frequent applications of Health Accounts data in various stages of the planning process. The data sources would correspond to the three dimensions: financing, provision and consumption.
Key issues
This new unit aims to discuss a standard minimum data set and to illustrate their linkages to various policy uses. Its focus will be largely on international reporting and comparisons.
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Indicators will be constructed using exclusively Health Accounts data and complemented with other data.
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Illustration of applications of indicators to policy uses will involve budgetary, equity, effectiveness and efficiency analysis.
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