South Africa - ZA Excess Mortality: Surveillance Episodes with Clinic Records
Reference ID | ZA011-000001 |
Year | 0 |
Country | South Africa |
Producer(s) | The MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit - University of the Witwaterstrand |
Sponsor(s) | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA - BMGF - Funder South African Population Research Infrastructure Network, ZA - SAPRIN - Funder Wellcome Trust, UK - Wellcome - Funder |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
Created on
Dec 18, 2023
Last modified
Dec 22, 2023
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Data Collection
Data Collection Mode
The data used for the study comes from the Agincourt HDSS-clinic-hospital record linkage system. This system collects healthcare services utilisation data from the health facilities in the Agincourt HDSS study area and two district hospitals located some 25-60km away from the HDSS study area. The data collected through the record-linkage system for each individual is linked to the corresponding HDSS data for that individual using a combination of deterministic and probabilistic record linkage techniques applied to conventional personal identifiers [26,27]. Clinical records of every consenting patient are linked to the HDSS records if s/he lives/or have lived in the HDSS area. Currently, the system collects data on clinical visits, diagnosis and treatments from patients aged at least seven years with chronic conditions (including HIV) or who come in to test for those conditions.