Annex - example potential indicators aligned with inputs/outputs/outcomes framework

• Author: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (European Commission)
• Pages: 109-110

The organisation of resilient health and social care

following the COVID-19 pandemic

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ANNEX - EXAMPLE POTENTIAL INDICATORS ALIGNED WITH

INPUTS/OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK

Inputs/Outputs

Building Blocks

Functions (Capacities)

Example Potential

Indicators of Essential

Functions -

Use of Existing and Consistent

Development of New

Knowledge and Resources

Example Potential

Indicators of Critical

Functions Under Stress –

Effective, Timely Use of

Available Knowledge and

Resources; Rapid

Development of New

Knowledge and Resources

Example

Quantitative

Measures

Health workforce

Trains qualified professionals

Integrates different specialties and

disciplines

Addresses mental health of

professionals

Re-assigns health professionals

Engages in task shifting

Expands responsibilities of

health professionals

# different types of

professionals per

population

# patients per medical

professional

Community Carers

Trains qualified professionals

Retains qualified professionals

Coordinates community carers

Communicates with community

carers

# community carers

per population

Medicines

Availability of needed medicines

Accesses needed medicines

Has flexibility in purchasing

Scales up to population level

# medications

stockpiled

Infrastructure

Has spare capacity of physical

resources

Has ability to adapt existing

infrastructure

Has telehealth infrastructure

Re-deploys physical resources

Adapts physical resources

# hospital

beds/population

# ICU beds/population

Information systems

Utilizes an integrated inter-

professional EMR

Tracks population health via

standardized data, i.e., EMRs,

surveys

Designs alert systems

Identifies quality improvement

needs

Leverages existing data for

routine surveillance

Identifies at-risk populations

quickly

Real-time data lag

estimate

# data fields

populated with useful

aggregate data to

inform public health

Governance

Engages in participatory

leadership

Coordinates decision making

across hierarchies

Incorporates effective models of

governance

Informs public in a transparent

way

Encourages accountability

Fosters environment for

collaboration and learning

Real-time response and decision

making

Responsive to feedback

Adapts leadership and

governance structure in an

agile manner

Allocates clearly decision-

making power under stress

Potentiates public health

messaging

Takes advantage of strengths

of collaborators

Timely response and decision

making

n.a.

Financing

Balances funding mechanisms

Has a revenue structure

Mobilizes financial resources

% increase in funds