Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
The LGU HSC makes use of an internal and external benchmarking system to assess and inform LGUs of their performance.
The internal benchmarking system uses directional arrows (and an equal sign) to show how the current year’s performance of an LGU fare with respect to its previous year’s performance.
| Directional Arrow | Interpretation |
| Upward-pointing (↑) | - current year’s performance result IMPROVED compared to previous year’s performance results |
| Equal sign (=) | - current year’s performance result is same or EQUAL compared to previous year’s performance results |
| Downward-pointing (↓) | - current year’s performance result DECLINED compared to previous year’s performance results |
| Dash line (-) | - no comparative data from previous year |
The external benchmarking system uses a traffic light color-code rating to easily communicate to the different stakeholders the performance of an LGU with respect to the average performance of all LGUs and the national target.
| Color Code Score | Interpretation |
| Excellent | - equal to or better than the national target |
| Fair | - lower than the national target but equal to or better than the national average performance |
| Poor | - lower than the national average performance |
| For baseline | - for baseline data collection; no target |
Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
The LGU Health Scorecard is a component of the FOURmula One (F1) Plus for Health Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for equity and effectiveness. Since 2008, it has been used as a primary tool to assess and monitor the performance of LGUs in the implementation of local health reforms within the province-wide/city-wide health system. It facilitates the reporting of LGU progress in meeting the national health targets based on the priority programs, projects and activities of the Department of Health (DOH). (AO 2021-0002)
Name of Office: BUREAU OF LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
Republic Act (RA) No. 11223 or the “Universal Health Care (UHC) Act” highlights the critical role of the LGU Health Scorecard as one of the performance measurement tool to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of health sector reforms in the province-wide and city-wide health systems. The implementation of the LGU Health Scorecard is aligned with the provisions stipulated in Chapter VIII, Section 31(a) of the UHC Act on the Evidence-Informed Sectoral Policy and Planning for UHC. In addition, the data generated through the LGU Health Scorecard may be used as reference for health policy development and systems research.