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Table 1 Routine data system assessment approach

From: Strengthening integrated primary health care in Sofala, Mozambique

Type of evaluation

Method

Periodicity

Reliability / consistency

Evaluate stability (outliers, erratic data patterns) of facility-based reporting statistics over time

Monthly

 

Check consistency of data from facility-based paper records with data in computerized HIS and data sent to provincial and national levels

Yearly (sample of 27 facilities, all districts)

Validity

Compare HIS data to community survey data (DHS, MICS)

Timed with community surveys