Title: Comparing performance with standards
Course: Health Management, Ethics and Research - Ethiopia (Full)

Comparing performance with standards

The third step in the control process is the comparison of performance with established standards. You can base your comparison on the monitoring information you collected for services that you have provided or activities you have organised. Then you summarise the outcomes as planned versus actual results. See Table 5.2 for an example.

Table 5.2 Comparison between planned activity and actual performance.

Activities | Planned (target) | Performed (actual) | Percentage achieved
Antenatal visits during the year | 500 | 250 | 50%
Train model households during the year | 180 | 120 | 66%
Number of community events conducted | 3 | 2 | 66%