COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries

C Arsenault, A Gage, MK Kim, NR Kapoor… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Declines in health service use during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
could have important effects on population health. In this study, we used an interrupted time …

Healthcare utilization and maternal and child mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 18 low-and middle-income countries: An interrupted time-series analysis with …

T Ahmed, T Roberton, P Vergeer, PM Hansen… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had wide-reaching
direct and indirect impacts on population health. In low-and middle-income countries, these …

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on health service utilization across regions of Ethiopia: an interrupted time series analysis of health information system data from …

AD Mebratie, A Nega, A Gage, DH Mariam… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The spread of COVID-19 and associated deaths have remained low in Ethiopia. However,
the pandemic could pose a public health crisis indirectly through disruptions in essential …

Data completeness and consistency in individual medical records of institutional births: retrospective crossectional study from Northwest Ethiopia, 2022

BK Taye, LD Gezie, A Atnafu, SA Mengiste… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Ensuring the data quality of Individual Medical Records becomes a crucial
strategy in mitigating maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality during and around …

Quality of medical records in public health facilities: A case of Southern Ethiopia, resource limited setting

M Endriyas, A Kawza, A Alano… - Health Informatics …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Facility based retrospective study was conducted in three regions in southern Ethiopia to
assess quality of medical records. A total of 2,145 medical records were reviewed from 73 …

Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium

AM Turcotte-Tremblay, B Leerapan… - Health Research Policy …, 2023 - Springer
COVID-19 has prompted the use of readily available administrative data to track health
system performance in times of crisis and to monitor disruptions in essential healthcare …

Quality of routine health data at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia, Haiti, Laos, Nepal, and South Africa

W Ayele, A Gage, NR Kapoor… - Population Health …, 2023 - Springer
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and researchers have used
routine health data to estimate potential declines in the delivery and uptake of essential …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Performance-Based Nonfinancial Incentives on Data Quality in Individual Medical Records of Institutional Births: Quasi-Experimental Study

BK Taye, LD Gezie, A Atnafu, SA Mengiste… - JMIR Medical …, 2024 - medinform.jmir.org
Background Despite the potential of routine health information systems in tackling persistent
maternal deaths stemming from poor service quality at health facilities during and around …

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV, malaria and tuberculosis indicators in Togo: an interrupted time series analysis

YR Konu, F Dogo, CA Dagnra, T Atcha-Oubou… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Background Limited data are available on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on health-
related indicators in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to estimate the effect of the …

'The false reporter will get a praise and the one who reported truth will be discouraged': a qualitative study on intentional data falsification by frontline maternal and …

AS Estifanos, R Gezahegn, DW Keraga, A Kifle… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) are vital to ensure
accountability and for making decisions including for tracking the Sustainable Development …