Monitoring Health System Performance in Peru
Data and Statistics
Peru has seen great progress towards the goal of providing universal health coverage to its population but still faces structural barriers to provide accessible and quality care . At the same time, Peru is going through a demographic and epidemiological transition, with an increasing disease burden from non-communicable diseases, with significant increases in cancer, CVD and diabetes, especially in urban areas. Measuring how the Peruvian health system is responding to these challenges requires a solid set of health sector statistics and indicators, underpinned by a robust health information system. The breadth and depth of data must be relevant and applicable to decision making at all levels of the health system, both to respond to national policy needs as well as comparing Peru in a regional and global context. This report assesses the status and availability of Peru’s routinely reported health sector data and statistics as well as the underlying data infrastructure. The report provides a set of recommendations to improve the health information system and to strengthen data coverage and comparability as Peru’s health care system develops.
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Health care quality in Peru
To expand universal health coverage beyond insurance and service coverage, and ensure that qualitative services are provided for all, Peru needs to monitor quality across providers and geographical areas. Peru is currently only able to report a few selected care quality indicators, and these typically cover only parts of the population. Comparing service quality across schemes and providers as well as any international comparison is therefore limited.
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