Data quality of the routine health management information system at the primary healthcare facility and district levels in Tanzania.

Susan F RumishaEmanuel P LyimoIrene R MremiPatrick K TunguVictor S MwingiraDoris MbataSia E MalekiaCatherine JoachimLeonard E G Mboera

Published in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2020)

There are high variations in the tool utilisation and data accuracy at facility and district levels. The routine HMIS is weak and data at district level inaccurately reflects what is available at the source. These results highlight the need to design tailored and inter-service strategies for improving data quality.

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