Developing key performance indicators for the medical oxygen ecosystem through Delphi consensus

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of and inequities in access to life-saving medical oxygen. However, no consolidated list of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) exist to date to monitor these investments. 

WHO lead a study to define the KPIs for monitoring global investments in medical oxygen.  

These indicators can be used at global and national levels to measure performance and identify areas for improvement within the global medical oxygen response.  This report summarizes the outcome of the survey and discusses next steps for the operationalization of the KPIs.