Prevention levels | Example output | Example outcome | Example impact |
Primary | Number of tests for group A streptococcus performed | Time spent per patient visit for sore throat | Number of cases of strep throat effectively treated (cured) |
Secondary | Number of nurses trained in safe penicillin administration | Proportion of months (or patients) adherent to secondary prevention | Number of ARF recurrences (per individual or in population) |
Tertiary | Number of referrals for RHD placed | Time in therapeutic range (international normalised ratio) for warfarin | Number (or rate) of hospital admissions for RHD complications |
ARF, acute rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.