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Assessment & adjustment for data quality used in the South African DISTRICT HEALTH BAROMETER

Assessment & adjustment for data quality used in the South African DISTRICT HEALTH BAROMETER. Candy Day 21 September 2009. Assessment of data sources. Problems of health records. Range from burdensome paper-records to high-tech paperless EMRs In general these systems do not function well

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Assessment & adjustment for data quality used in the South African DISTRICT HEALTH BAROMETER

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  1. Assessment & adjustment for data quality used in the South African DISTRICT HEALTH BAROMETER Candy Day 21 September 2009

  2. Assessment of data sources

  3. Problems of health records • Range from burdensome paper-recordsto high-tech paperless EMRs • In general these systems do not function well • Incomplete, poor quality, time delays • Inadequate staffing and resourcing • Poor feedback, dissemination and use • Poor integration

  4. Record review • Challenges for routine health system data management in a large public programme to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in South Africa.Kedar S Mate, Brandon Bennett, Wendy Mphatswe, Pierre Barker, Nigel Rollins (2009) PloS one 4 (5) p. e5483 • An evaluation of the District Health Information System in rural South Africa.A Garrib, N Stoops, A McKenzie, L Dlamini, T Govender, J Rohde, K Herbst (2008)South African medical journal 98 (7) p. 549-52

  5. All indicators

  6. Single indicator

  7. Monthly data • Trend smoothing • Data variability • Noteworthy events

  8. Data quality issues

  9. HIV prevalence data sources

  10. Vital statistics

  11. Linking expenditure to utilisation

  12. THANK YOU! • Candy Day • candy@hst.org.za • http://www.hst.org.za

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