Effects of primary healthcare reform on routine health information systems (RHISs): a mixed-methods study in Lesotho.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The Ministry of Health of Lesotho and Partners In Health piloted the Lesotho National Primary Health Care Reform (LPHCR) from July 2014 to June 2017 to improve quality and quantity of service delivery and enhance health system management. This initiative included improvement of routine health information systems (RHISs) to map disease burden and reinforce data utilisation for clinical quality improvement.

Methods and analysis

The WHO Data Quality Assurance framework's core indicators were used to compare the completeness of health data before versus after the LPHCR in 60 health centres and 6 hospitals across four districts. To examine change in data completeness, we conducted an interrupted time series analysis using multivariable logistic mixed-effe

SUBMITTER: Birru E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201246 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature