Abstract:

To construct a reliable indicator system to evaluate drug administration performance at provincial level in China, we referred to theories on government performance evaluation and practice of health performance evaluation, conducted field investigation, key person interview, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation and multi-round Delphi to build a three-dimensional evaluation indicator system of “input-process-outcome”. Weight of indicators was determined by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The related data were from Food and Drug Administration Statistical Yearbook for 2010 and China Statistical Yearbook for 2010. Thirty provinces were included in the rankings except Tibet for the unavailability of data. The ranking was highly accepted by officials from central and provincial drug administration agencies, which indicated the three-dimensional evaluation indicator system is feasible to assess drug administration performance at provincial level in China.

Key words: Drug administration, Performance evaluation, Indicator system, Input-process-outcome