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ENVIRONMENTAL-FOR-HEALTH-CARE-CENTERS

Environmental Survey for Health Facilities (Governmental and Non-Governmental ) 2014

West Bank and Gaza, 2014
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PSE-PCBS-ESHC-2014-V1.0
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Environmental Survey for Health Care Centers
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  • Study Description
  • Data Description
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Questionnaires
  • Data Processing
  • Data Appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
PSE-PCBS-ESHC-2014-V1.0
Title
Environmental Survey for Health Facilities (Governmental and Non-Governmental ) 2014
Translated Title
مسح البيئة للمرافق الصحية (الحكومية والأهلية) 2014
Country
Name Country code
Palestine PSE
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
Data collection was started in the West Bank and Gaza Strip at 20/03/2014. Data collection completed at 15/06/2014 in Gaza Strip, and at 20/09/2014 in the West Bank, and covered all health facilities (governmental and non-governmental) in Palestine, including all the varying sectors: Ministry of Health, Health Care Military Service, Lijan Azakah, the Union of Palestine Medical Relief Committees, Union of Health Committees, Union of Health Work Committees, Patient's Friends Society, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, UNRWA, Charities, and NGO's. This is the 11th cycle.
Abstract
Environmental statistics relating to health facilities constitute an important tool in decision making, planning, and public debate. PCBS is developing a database that will cover environmental issues associated with health facilities and conducts a regular specialized survey to provide the required statistics.

Data collection was started in the West Bank and Gaza Strip at 20/03/2014. Data collection completed at 15/06/2014 in Gaza Strip, and at 20/09/2014 in the West Bank, and covered all health facilities (governmental and non-governmental) in Palestine, including all the varying sectors: Ministry of Health, Health Care Military Service, Lijan Azakah, the Union of Palestine Medical Relief Committees, Union of Health Committees, Union of Health Work Committees, Patient's Friends Society, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, UNRWA, Charities, and NGO's.

The main objective of this report is to provide statistical data relating to health facilities (governmental and non-governmental) in fields such as:
·Water Consumption and Sources of Supply
·Wastewater
·Solid Waste Management
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Health Facility

Version

Version Description
V1.1(Public use file)
Version Date
2014-11-05

Scope

Notes
The main objective of this report is to provide statistical data relating to health facilities (governmental and non-governmental) in fields such as:
·Water Consumption and Sources of Supply
·Wastewater
·Solid Waste Management
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
health care and medical treatment [8.5] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword Vocabulary URI
Health Concepts and Definitions Glosary Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
Palestine
Universe
The target population of this survey was all Health Facilities (governmental and Non- governmental), including:
1.Health Facilities belonged to the Ministry of Health, Health Care Military Service, and Lijan Azakah.
2.Non-governmental Health Facilities belonged to the Union of Palestine Medical Relief Committees, Union of Health Committees, Union of Health Work Committees, Patient's Friends Society, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, UNRWA, Charities, and NGO's.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestine
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Ministry of Health Palestine Data
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
Core Funding Group CFG survey finance
Palestine PSE survey finance
The World Bank WB survey finance
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Core Funding Group Core Funding Group survey finance
Ministry of Health Palestine providing data
Health Facilities (Governmental and Non-Governmental ) Palestine providing data

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
Sampling Frame:
The sampling frame for all governmental and non-governmental facilities in the health care sector is updated annually by PCBS from the administrative records of the Ministry of Health.
Deviations from the Sample Design
Non
Response Rate
Response Rate:
The response rate during the survey was 80%; the main reason for non-response was that these health facilities could not reached
Weighting
” The weights calculated to compensate non-response cases

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2014-03-20 2014-09-20
Time periods
Start date End date
2014-01-01 2014-03-01
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Supervision
Hold several meetings
Data Collection Notes
Field work operations were conducted during the period 20 March 2014 to 15 September 2014 in the West Bank, while in Gaza Strip till 15 June 2014.
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation Affiliation
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The environmental questionnaire was designed in accordance with similar international experiences and based on international standards and recommendations for the most important indicators, taking into account the special situation of Palestine.

Data Processing

Data Editing
The data processing stage consisted of the following operations:

Editing Prior to Data Entry
All questionnaires were edited in the office using the instructions prepared for editing in the field.

Data Entry:
Data were entered using Microsoft Access. The data entry program was prepared to satisfy a number of requirements, such as:
Identifying duplication in the questionnaire during data entry.
Application of checks on logic and consistency during data collection.
Ability to perform within record as well as cross-record checks.
Minimizing the number of errors by field workers or during data entry.
User-friendly handling of errors.
Possibility of transferring data into another format to be used and analyzed by other analytical statistical systems, such as SAS and SPSS.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
1. Statistical Errors
This type of errors could be determined easily, and it is result from sampling errors, and this type of errors concern the data of private health care centers. And to reduce this errors the data mast pass tow stage:

2. Non-Statistical Errors
This type of errors result from non-sampling errors, and could not be determined easily due to the diversity of sources (e.g. the interviewers, respondent, editor, data entry operator... etc).

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Division of user services Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps
Confidentiality
General Statistics Law No. (5) for Year 2000 Article (17( 1. All individual information and data submitted to the Bureau for statistical purposes shall be treated as confidential and shall not be divulged, in whole or in part, to any individual or to a public or private body, or used for any purpose other than for preparing statistical tables. 2. The Bureau shall endeavor to issue official statistical publications in aggregate tables, which do not disclose individual data, in conformity with the confidentiality of statistical data.
Access conditions
1. Pledges the utilization of "data" or any copies thereof shall be limited to the purposes agreed upon including not granting any third parties any access to these data.
2.Restrictions applies to any data duplication or transformed setting for purposes other than meeting the requirements of the statistical programs used in data analysis. 3.Utilization of "data" or any copies thereof is limited to personal computers normally . Pledges not to alter the value of any observation in the original "data"; nevertheless, this does not apply on subjecting data to any processes or procedures aiming to derive new variables. The first party does not bear any professional, administrative or financial responsibility for any losses incurred as a result of changes in the variables values.
Citation requirements
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Environmental Survey for Health Facilities (Governmental and Non-Governmental ), 2014 . V1.1 (11-2014). Ramallah - Palestine.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Palestinian National Authority diwan@pcbs.gov.ps www.pcbs.gov.ps

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) provide you with the data as is, without any warranty or responsibility implied. PCBS accepts no responsibility for the results and/or implications of any analysis and/or other actions conducted with this data.
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Environmental Survey for Health Facilities (Governmental and Non-Governmental ) 2014

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI-PSE-PCBS-ESHC-2014-V1.0
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS Palestine Collecting ,Processing and Publishing data
Date of Metadata Production
2014-11-05
DDI Document version
V1.1
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