Indicator Wording
G-HEA1* - % (percentage) of target households who report having easy or very easy access to the healthcare services they need
Indicator Purpose
Assess perceived ease of accessing needed healthcare over the last 12 months to track barriers and service improvements.
Indicator Guidance
Definition of key concepts
Access: Ability to obtain needed services (availability, affordability, physical access, acceptability).
Needed services: Any health service judged necessary in the last 12 months.
Target household respondent: Adult (18+) most knowledgeable about household health care.
Survey Question
Thinking of access overall, how difficult or easy was it to actually obtain the healthcare services you needed within the past 12 months?
Very difficult
Difficult
Moderate
Easy
Very easy
N/A - I didn’t need access to healthcare service
Scoring
((Number of responses ‘Easy’ + ‘Very easy)/(Total number of responses - N/A)) x 100
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