Eng. Robert Moorhead Director, National Health Strategy PMO Directorate of Policy Affairs

1. Eng. Robert Moorhead Director, National Health Strategy PMO Directorate of Policy Affairs 20 October 2015 STATISTICS AND HEALTH STRATEGY

2. Current State of Health & Statistics STATISTICS AND HEALTH STRATEGY

3. Statistics and health strategy Health Care Data Requirements • Health Care Policy development has significant data requirements: • Planning: Infrastructure, workforce and services. • Regulation: Patient safety and quality of care. • Policy Development: Evidence base for policy formulation and adjustment. • Financing: Payment for service, outcomes and quality. • Surveys: Patient experience, population risk factors, attitudes. • Benchmarking: Between providers / internationally. • Accountability: Progress against plans, service improvement etc

4. Statistics and health strategy Cooperation with MDP&S • MDPS information is used for and relied upon for: • Qatar National Health Accounts (annual SCH publication). • Population • Government expenditure • Household Income and Expenditure Survey results • MDPS assists or is involved significantly in any household based survey: • Reviewed & approved Health Utilization and Expenditure Survey 2014 (HUES) • A partner in the next Health-related survey (Qatar Health Survey, 1st wave) • STEPWise survey 2012 (Public Health Department) • World Health Survey 2006. • Population based projections from the MDPS are used heavily for any healthcare planning, including facilities, workforce, insurance • MDPS has recently conducted population Census 2015 – this will feed in and improve data for all planning, sampling frames for the surveys and population projections in particular.

5. Statistics and health strategy Importance of Official Statistics www.nhsq.info

6. The Challenge: E-health Driving efficiency Quality informatics STATISTICS AND HEALTH STRATEGY

7. NHS: Availability of comprehensive and reliable health care data is key constraint to effective policy formulation Statistics and health strategy 2.3: Improving Health Care Data 2.4: E-Health Establishment • Informatics framework & standards • - National informatics strategy • - National coding standards • - Central information management unit • - Information confidentiality • - Information governance • Inter-operable National Infrastructure • - Develop e-Health technical capacity • - Stakeholder engagement • - Governance framework • - National e-Health strategy • - Technical standards & protocols • - Information security

11. Case Study – Public Health STATISTICS AND HEALTH STRATEGY

12. WELCOME

13. FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH The time is right….

14. THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION TODAY [Qatar Health Report,2013] [WHO, 2012] [Bener et al, 2010] [WHO, 2012] § extracted from the all external causes. *including violence and non-RTI injuries. ¥ include non-malignant neoplasms, endocrine, blood, immune disorder, sense organs, digestive, genitourinary, skin, oral, and congenital anomalies. **includes non-malignant neoplasms; endocrine, blood and immune disorders; sensory organs, digestive, genitourinary, and skin diseases; oral conditions; and congenital anomalies.

15. THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION TODAY Qatar vs other countries: IHME, 2010

16. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN TODAY’S WORLD New Public Health: Promoting the health of individuals and society, guided by the essential public health functions An integrative approach to protecting and promoting the health status of both the individual and the society. Assess the health of the population • Develop and coordinate the policy response • Assure the effectiveness and efficiency of these efforts CDC Essential Public Health Framework

17. FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH Health behaviors (30%) Social & economic factors (40%) Physical environment (10%)

18. For further information, please visit: www.nhsq.info Statistics and health strategy THANK YOU!