Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 13.2
Attributes of Visitation Data Digitized and Submitted by Health Workers
Attribute
Description
Example
Sender ID
Single value: A unique identifier to
associate the data with the
healthcare worker digitizing and
submitting the data
Health system assigned unique
identifier: name + National ID
Number, National ID Number, or
employee identification number
Provider or
location
Single value: Healthcare provider:
hospital, clinic, general practitioner,
community healthcare enter, etc.,
where the data will be collected.
This element will help identify
location (or source) of the health
record. It is anticipated that the
patient will be from the nearby
area. It is possible that a patient
from outside of the area may visit
the provider
Provider name: Kurunegala Base
Hospital; provider type: hospital;
provider town/village:
Kurunegala;
Provider name: Sevanipatti-PHC;
provider type: Primary Health
Centre; provider town/village:
Sevanipatti;
Provider name: Asiri Community;
Healthcare Centre; provider type:
clinic; provider town/village:
Pannala
Disease
Single value: Disease name
(diagnoses) based on the patient's
symptoms and signs
Dengue, cholera, malaria
Symptoms
Multiple values: The complaints
made by the patient to the doctor.
The same diagnosis for two
different patients may not always
accompany the same symptoms
Fever, joint aches, vomit blood,
rash (dengue), fever, joint ache
(dengue), bloody stools (diarrhea)
Signs
Multiple values: The observations
made by the practitioner (doctor) at
the time of investigating the case
Swelling, rash, enlarged retinal,
discoloration of tongue
Gender
Single value: Patient's sex;
unknown can be used as a default
value
Male, female, or unknown
Age group
Single value: Age category; it's at the
discretion of the implementers as to
how they wish to define the age
categories
Adult/child, 0-10, 11-20, … ,
91-100, infant (0-1), childs (2- 2),
teenager (13-19), youth (20-25),
adult (26-50), elder (50-100)
No. of cases
Single value: In a particular
reporting period, more than one
patient may share the same
diagnosis, symptoms, and signs
and be of the same gender and age
group. In the event an aggregate
can be reported instead of having
to repeat the record
Default value = 1 General value =
any “natural” number: 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Case date
Single value: The date the patients
or the cases were recorded by the
provider (i.e., visitation date or
admitted date)
August 8, 2009 August 1, 2009
