Toward utilization of data for program management and evaluation: quality assessment of five years of health management information system data in Rwanda

• Main Authors: Marie Paul Nisingizwe (Author), Hari S. Iyer (Author), Modeste Gashayija (Author), Lisa R. Hirschhorn (Author), Cheryl Amoroso (Author), Randy Wilson (Author), Eric Rubyutsa (Author), Eric Gaju (Author), Paulin Basinga (Author), Andrew Muhire (Author), Agnès Binagwaho (Author), Bethany Hedt-Gauthier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Health data can be useful for effective service delivery, decision making, and evaluating existing programs in order to maintain high quality of healthcare. Studies have shown variability in data quality from national health management information systems (HMISs) in sub-Saharan Africa wh...