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Health

Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG

Electronic Health Not Reported
Records

Life Expectancy 83.34 yrs

Maternal Mortality
Rate
(per 100 000 live 15.33
births)

Physicians
(per 100 000 482.90
inhabitants)
In-Patient Hospital
Beds 511.31
(per 100 000
inhabitants)
Health insurance
/ Public Health 100.00 %
Coverage

This set of KPIs signifies mostly positive health-related outcomes for Valencia's residents.

However, the city has reported a much higher value for maternal mortality rate than the national average
of 5 deaths per 100 000 live births (2015). It is recommended, therefore, that the city further examines
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its high maternal mortality rate to define the distribution, frequency and determining factors involved.
These factors should consider those including (but not limited to): diagnosed cause(s); ease of access
to, and affordability of, medical care; geographic zone; maternal age; ethnic (or immigrant vs native)
origin. Administrative data should be combined with qualitative surveys to gather the information.

Optimizing e-health: Also, Valencia should consider to implement Recommendation ITU-T Y.4408/Y.2075:
‘Capability framework for e-health monitoring services’, and Recommendation ITU-T Y.4110/Y.2065:
‘Service and capability requirements for e-health monitoring services’ that can help cities optimize their
e-health service provision. To this end, Valencia should collect and report the number of Electronic
Health Records.

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