Improving the quality of health information: A qualitative assessment of data management and reporting systems in Botswana

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ledikwe, Jenny H ^a,b   Grignon, Jessica ^a,b   Lebelonyane, Refeletswe ^c   Ludick, Steven ^d   Matshediso, Ellah ^d,e   Sento, Baraedi W ^b   Sharma, Anjali ^a   Semo, Bazghina werq ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Botswana International Training and Education Center for Health (I TECH)   (Botswana)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d Government of Botswana   (Botswana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Data quality; Health information system; Monitoring and evaluation

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84893204856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-12-7     Document Type: Article

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