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100	1	0	_aMapatano, Mala Ali _eauthor
700	1	0	_a Piripiri, Lina _eauthor
245	0	0	_aSome Common Mistakes When Analyzing a Health Information System (DR Congo)
260			_c2005.
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520			_aThe development of operational health information systems in sub-Saharan African countries still poses some difficult challenges. In fact, the analysis of the 1996 annual report from the “Health for All Project” in Kinshasa contains a certain number of ambiguities. They are situated at the levels of indicators for coverage which exceed 100 % and of incidence rates equal to 0%, whereas they’re were certain cases of poor choices for the denominator. This article discusses the ensuing difficulties of interpretation and suggests presenting the coverage of the programme for the target population separately from that of the population outside the health zone, as well as proposing to give the constant K the value of 1000 or 10 000 if needed in order to attain the true incidence rate, which otherwise would remain equal to zero. The correct denominator is proposed where it is indicated.
690			_aepidemiologic report
690			_ahealth zone
690			_aDemocratic Republic of the Congo
690			_ahealth information system
786	0		_nSanté Publique | 17 | 4 | 2005-12-01 | p. 551-558 | 0995-3914
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2005-4-page-551?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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