TABLE 4.

HIS Resource Availability and Performance of Health Facilities Based on Selected HIS Indicators, Ethiopia, 2020

Score, %95% CI
HIS resource
 HIS infrastructure at facility level (average score)8281, 83
 eHIS tools availability score3938, 40
 Number of staff with training on HIS topics at facility level 1 year prior to survey (average score)7.87.4, 8.1
 Percentage of facilities with at least 1 trained staff in any HIS topics7270, 74
Data management
 Data quality control practices (average score)7271, 74
 Level of data analysis practice (average score)6867, 69
 Data visualization practice8684, 87
 Presence of feedback mechanism9290, 93
Data qualitya
 Source document completeness: all three months complete7371, 75
 Data accuracy: acceptable range (90%–110%)7472, 76
 Data accuracy: overreporting (<90%)2019, 22
 Data accuracy: underreporting (>110%)65, 7
Data use
 Use of routine data for RHIS quality improvement (average score)4543, 46
 Use of routine data for performance review and evidence-based decision making (average score)5048, 51
 Use of data for annual plan and target setting8483, 85
 Use of data to produce narrative analytical reports3129, 32
  • Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; eHIS, electronic health information system; HIS, health information system; RHIS, routine health information system.

  • a Data quality measures (source document completeness and accuracy calculation) based on 3 months of skilled birth attendance data (April, May, June 2020).