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Primary health care
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Indicators used to monitor the progress of PHC:
Indicators: they are variables help to measure changes.
Uses of indicators:
1. Marker of progress.
2. Motivate people to action
3. Stimulate actions
4. Force policy makers and mangers to rethink.
5. Monitor the progress.
6. Monitor health program at different levels.
Categories of indicators:
1. Health policy indicators:
2. Social and economic indicators:
3. Indicators of health care provision:
4. Health status indicators:
Primary health care facilities in Egypt:
The Egyptian constitution states that health care is the right
of every citizen and this is provided by a mixture of governmental
services, health insurance facilities, health services for the
military, police sand railway workers and the private sector.
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