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. 2024 Apr 30;102(7):486–497A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.291184

Table 1. People’s Voice Survey responses used to quantify domains of WHO framework for health system performance assessment, 2022–2023 .

Domain, indicatora Weighted no. of respondents (weighted %)a
Country, by World Bank income classification
Total (n = 27 795)
Low
Lower middle
Upper middle
High
Ethiopia (n = 2 779) India (n = 2 004) Kenya (n = 2 305) Lao People’s Democratic Republic (n = 2 007) Nigeria (n = 2 555) Argentina (n = 1 190) Colombia (n = 1 237) Mexico (n = 1 002) Peru (n = 1 255) South Africa (n = 2 036) Greece (n = 2 010) Italy (n = 1 001) Republic of Korea (n = 2 000) United Kingdom (n = 1 677) USA (n = 1 500) Uruguay (n = 1 237)
Intermediate objective: care effectiveness
Public health effectivenessb 164
(17.3)
246
(26.5)
219
(27.9)
423
(43.5)
510
(55.3)
347
(44.1)
300
(47.9)
279
(54.5)
213
(33.4)
467
(52.0)
588
(45.8)
235
(32.1)
860
(63.0)
341
(31.5)
623
(69.5)
352
(48.9)
6 166
(43.7)
Quality of own carec 729
(43.3)
426
(39.0)
762
(42.5)
356
(27.5)
1 444
(76.6)
677
(65.9)
373
(36.2)
392
(50)
319
(33.4)
830
(54.4)
1 247
(74.0)
484
(60.8)
557
(29.4)
969
(67.5)
1 019
(74.0)
650
(60.0)
11 232
(52.7)
Quality of primary care servicesd 79
(36.9)
651
(31.9)
804
(35.1)
423
(21.3)
1 229
(47.6)
190
(36.0)
1,237
(24.4)
255
(25.2)
179
(14.3)
713
(34.5)
478
(24.7)
337
(32.7)
610
(30.5)
755
(43.2)
666
(44.6)
406
(32.3)
9 200
(33.0)
Intermediate objective: user experience
Respectc 458
(16.5)
252
(12.6)
663
(28.8)
162
(8.1)
997
(39.0)
566
(47.6)
322
(26.0)
260
(25.9)
195
(15.5)
542
(26.6)
1 002
(49.9)
360
(35.9)
478
(23.9)
863
(51.5)
953
(63.5)
581
(47.0)
8 653
(31.1)
Voice 432
(15.6)
328
(16.4)
643
(27.9)
186
(9.3)
1 192
(46.6)
567
(47.6)
273
(22.0)
273
(27.2)
205
(16.4)
724
(35.5)
1 184
(59.0)
368
(36.8)
580
(29.0)
897
(53.5)
983
(65.6)
510
(41.3)
9 345
(33.6)
Customer servicee 298
(17.7)
267
(24.9)
496
(27.7)
219
(16.8)
974
(51.6)
366
(35.6)
162
(15.8)
167
(21.3)
123
(12.9)
457
(29.9)
1 023
(60.7)
231
(29.0)
201
(10.6)
483
(33.4)
629
(45.7)
296
(27.3)
6 391
(30.0)
Intermediate objective: access
Connection to health system 1 991
(71.6)
973
(48.7)
1 598
(69.3)
1 740
(88.5)
1 976
(77.3)
993
(83.5)
967
(78.2)
820
(81.9)
956
(76.3)
1 366
(67.5)
1 035
(51.5)
746
(74.7)
1 258
(62.9)
448
(87.6)
1 244
(83.0)
1 154
(93.8)
20 265
(73.2)
Use of needed health caref 329
(90.1)
245
(84.1)
351
(97.1)
385
(80. 2)
279
(88.2)
463
(94.2)
314
(93.9)
204
(86.9)
286
(91.5)
514
(92.8)
622
(94.2)
294
(91.2)
762
(97.1)
807
(96.0)
594
(97.2)
508
(95.1)
6 955
(92.8)
No unmet need 2 474
(89.0)
1 877
(93.9)
1 811
(78.6)
1 669
(83.4)
2 336
(91.5)
955
(80.3)
990
(80.1)
933
(93.3)
931
(74.2)
1 843
(90.5)
1 846
(91.9)
938
(93.8)
1 881
(94.0)
1 279
(77.6)
1 217
(81.2)
1 087
(87.9)
24 067
(86.7)
Final goal: people-centredness
Quality of public health system 968
(34.9)
420
(21.9)
592
(25.8)
514
(25.6)
698
(27.4)
348
(29.7)
185
(15.0)
184
(18.9)
186
(14.9)
572
(28.1)
168
(8.6)
207
(20.9)
847
(42.4)
703
(42.3)
284
(18.9)
333
(27.3)
7 208
(26.2)
Quality of private health system 891
(33.1)
527
(27.6)
1 335
(59.0)
509
(26.1)
1 533
(60.2)
308
(30.2)
267
(22.5)
253
(25.7)
230
(18.5)
1088
(54.4)
572
(31.3)
318
(33.7)
651
(32.5)
672
(54.3)
616
(41.1)
426
(35.7)
10 197
(38.5)
Endorsement 829
(30.2)
622
(33.6)
582
(25.4)
744
(37.7)
458
(17.9)
199
(16.9)
229
(18.6)
227
(22.9)
180
(14.4)
434
(21.3)
219
(11.1)
311
(31.1)
821
(41.1)
239
(14.5)
344
(23.0)
321
(26.0)
6 758
(24.6)
Involvement in decision-making 2 180
(79.6)
1 440
(76.5)
1 409
(62.5)
1 553
(79.0)
1 192
(47.2)
316
(27.2)
476
(38.7)
730
(73.7)
495
(39.5)
1 047
(51.6)
500
(26.3)
395
(40.8)
1 058
(52.9)
427
(25.9)
535
(35.7)
439
(37.0)
14 192
(52.1)
Final goal: health improvement
Self-rated health 400
(33.7)
483
(24.1)
849
(36.9)
268
(13.3)
1800
(7 0.5)
400
(33.7)
287
(23.3)
223
(22.4)
154
(12.2)
779
(38.3)
815
(40.6)
319
(31.9)
490
(24.5)
692
(41.4)
683
(45.5)
346
(28.0)
9 689
(34.9)
Self-rated mental health 535
(45.0)
475
(23.7)
1 291
(56.1)
216
(10.8)
1 876
(73.4)
535
(45.0)
410
(33.2)
330
(32.9)
309
(24.7)
972
(47.8)
1 050
(52.3)
541
(54.0)
715
(35.8)
785
(46.9)
835
(55.8)
492
(39.9)
12 183
(43.9)
Absence of disease 696
(58.6)
1 710
(85.4)
1 944
(84.3)
1 526
(76.1)
2 235
(87.6)
696
(58.6)
901
(72.9)
766
(76.6)
942
(75.1)
1 481
(72.8)
1 348
(67.1)
677
(67.8)
1 215
(60.7)
811
(49.1)
889
(59.3)
346
(28.0)
20 257
(73.0)
Final goal: financial protection
Insurance 1 734
(62.4)
489
(24.6)
701
(30.5)
2 007
(100.0)
370
(14.5)
1 190
(100.0)
1 206
(99.4)
558
(58.8)
1 038
(82.9)
269
(13.3)
1 828
(91.1)
1 001
(100.0)
1 954
(99.1)
1 677
(100.0)
1 382
(92.2)
1 227
(100.0)
18 631
(67.4)
Health security 1 332
(48.3)
1 293
(69.2)
984
(43.0)
1 424
(71.3)
1 660
(65.0)
381
(32.9)
372
(30.7)
649
(65.8)
329
(26.4)
985
(48.5)
401
(21.0)
628
(63.9)
1 187
(59.4)
785
(48.8)
861
(57.7)
440
(37.1)
13 711
(50.3)

Note: The frequencies for number of respondents are rounded up to the nearest whole number as weighting can produce decimal frequencies.

a See Box 1 for definitions of survey indicators.

b The indicator only includes participants aged 40 years or older.

c The indicator includes questions only asked to participants who reported a visit to a health facility in the last 12 months.

d The indicator shows the average percentage of 3 questions. People were included if they had rated at least one of the questions as very good or excellent responses on the Likert scale.

e The indicator includes an additional question about the time spent waiting for an appointment that was only asked in six countries with appointment systems (Greece, Italy, Mexico, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom and USA).

f The indicator is only for participants with chronic disease.