Surveillance Evaluation on Existing AIDS Case Reporting System in Public Hospitals in Two Selected Provinces of North-eastern Thailand, 2011
Keywords:
existing AIDS case report system, public hospitalsAbstract
This was a cross-sectional study to assess the existing AIDS case reporting system at 12 public hospitals. The first part of the study was examination of medical records from 12 public hospitals which were randomly selected from ten public health regions. Total 150 AIDS cases were reviewed for completeness, positive predictive value and representativeness while 140 AIDS cases were examined for timeliness and data quality. The second part of the study included interviewing of 32 officers from 12 public hospitals. Quantitative data was collected through reviewing of medical records. Qualitative data was collected from officers by focus groups discussion and in-depth interviews. The completeness and positive predictive value of the AIDS case reporting was 50.7% and 86.4% respectively. Data quality for date of onset and date of treatmeant was low. The information provided by the system did not represent the true epidemiological situation and only 20% of the surveillance information was used to monitor the disease patterns. The officers involved in the system were lack of knowledge about the system. They perceived that the AIDS reporting system was a high workload. This study indicated low completeness and somewhat high positive predictive value of the AIDS case surveillance system in Thailand. Furthermore, it highlighted the essential need to encourage AIDS reporting in public hospitals.
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