The burden of recording and reporting health data in primary health care facilities in five low- and lower-middle income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recording and reporting health data in facilities is the backbone of routine health information systems which provide data collected by health facility workers during service provision. Data is firstly collected in a register, to record patient health data and care process, and tallied into nationally designed reporting forms. While there is anecdotal evidence of large numbers of registers and reporting forms for primary health care (PHC) facilities, there are few systematic studies to document this potential burden on health workers. This multi-country study aimed to document the numbers of registers and reporting forms use at the PHC level and to estimate the time it requires for health workers to meet data demands.

Methods

In Cambodia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeri

SUBMITTER: Siyam A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8436492 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature