Non-Recovery Rate

Non-recovery rate is one of the four core performance indicators of the malnutrition treatment programs. It is a combination of two indicators: medical referral rate and non-response rate.

Determine the indicator's value by using the following methodology:

1) Count the number of a) children who have been referred outside the nutrition program for medical care and could not continue nutritional treatment (medical referrals) plus b) the number of children who have not reached discharge criteria after a pre-defined length of time despite all investigations and transfer options (non-response cases).

2) Divide the number by the total number of discharged children and multiply the result by 100.

3) The resulting number is the non-recovery rate (in percentages).

Disaggregate the data by gender and age groups.

1) The indicator does not require a separate survey – all data can be gained from the treatment program’s regular records.

2) The four core performance indicators of an malnutrition treatment program (esp. the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition, CMAM) are recovery rate, death rate, default rate and non-recovery rate.