District Health Barometer 2019/20

The data are a reformatted version of the 2019/20 District Health Barometer (DHB) health indicator dataset provided by the HST. The intention of this publication was to provide an overview of the delivery of selected healthcare services in the public health sector across the provinces, districts and local municipalities/sub-districts of South Africa. The DHB has been an annual publication since 2005. The main focus of the 2019/20 publication is the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Universal Health Coverage (UHC)b index. Data are drawn from the electronic District Health Information Software (WebDHIS), the Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance system, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) surveys, the National Treasury Basic Accounting System (BAS), the Personnel Administration (PERSAL) system, the TIER.Net for Tuberculosis (TB) and antiretroviral (ART) data, the Electronic Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Register (EDRWeb), the National Income Dynamics Study (NiDS), and other National Department of Health (NDoH) information systems. The publication seeks to highlight inequities in health outcomes, health-resource allocation and health delivery, and to track the efficiency of health processes, across all provinces and districts.

Modifications were made to the data table provided in line with Hadley Wickem`s `tidy data` standards for statistical research (DOI: 10.18637/jss.v059.i10). The dates of the indices were also standardised to represent a single year in the YYYY format and a column of municipal codes was allocated to each row in line with the coding from the South African Municipal Demarcation Board. Lastly, centroids of the political areas described (national, provincial, district municipal, and local municipal areas) were added as applied in a final column. The indicator units, numerators, denominators, and definitions have been added to the table to give additional additional context.