Appendix A: Supplemental tables
TABLE A.3 Definition and calculation of health indicators (Continued) Indicator
Definition
Details
Management of maternal and neonatal complications
Number of relevant treatment actions proposed by the clinician
The SDI includes two vignettes to assess maternal and neonatal complications. Providers are scored on the number of relevant treatment actions that they propose out of five specific actions for postpartum hemorrhage and seven specific actions for neonatal asphyxia.
Inappropriate antibiotic use
Share of providers inappropriately prescribing antibiotics
The SDI surveys also collect information on inappropriate antibiotic use, defined as prescribing an antibiotic during the tuberculosis vignettes (aside from the antibiotics recommended as part of the tuberculosis regimen) or any antibiotics for the diarrhea vignette (for which antibiotics are not indicated by the patient examination). Inappropriate antibiotic use is calculated as the % of health care providers who inappropriately prescribe antibiotics among all health care providers given the clinical vignettes.
Source: Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) core team.
TABLE A.4 Definition of education indicators Indicator
Definition
Details
School absence rate
Share of a maximum of 10 randomly selected teachers who are absent from school during an unannounced visit
This indicator is measured in the following way: During the first, announced, visit, a maximum of 10 teachers are randomly selected from the list of all teachers (excluding volunteer and part-time teachers) on the school roster. The whereabouts of these 10 teachers are then verified during the second, unannounced, visit. Teachers found anywhere on the school premises are marked as present.
Classroom absence rate
Share of teachers who are present in the classroom during scheduled teaching hours as observed during an unannounced visit
This indicator is constructed in the same way as the school absence rate indicator, except that the numerator is the number of teachers who are either absent from school or present at school but absent from the classroom.
Time spent teaching per day
Amount of time a teacher spends teaching during an average school day
This indicator combines data from the staff roster module (used to measure absence rate), the classroom observation module, and reported teaching hours. Teaching time is adjusted for the time teachers are absent from the classroom, on average, and for the time teachers teach while in the classroom, based on classroom observations. While inside the classroom, distinction is made between teaching and nonteaching activities. Teaching is defined very broadly, including actively interacting with students, correcting or grading students’ work, asking questions, testing, using the blackboard, or having students work on a specific task, drill, or memorization. Nonteaching activities include working on private matters, maintaining discipline in class, or doing nothing and thus having students who are not paying attention.
Minimum knowledge
Share of teachers with minimum knowledge and test score
This indicator is based on mathematics and language tests covering the primary curriculum administered at the school and is calculated as the % of teachers who score more than 80% on the language and mathematics portion of the test. The test is given to all mathematics or language teachers who taught third grade in the prior year or fourth grade in the year the survey is conducted. Test score is measured as the overall score on mathematics, language, and pedagogy tests covering the primary curriculum administered at the school level to all mathematics and language teachers who taught third grade in the prior year or fourth grade in the year the survey is conducted. (continued)
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