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[Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi dhis-devs

We are looking at doing some analysis for the Anonymous events. For which
we are trying to set up some program indicators.

Currently the issue that we face is that the events that DHIS2 considers
for calculations within a specific reporting period (week, month) in event
reports/visualizer, are the ones whose event date is within that reporting
period.

*Example of the problem*

*Inpatient mortality rate*

Relevant data elements: date of discharge, exit mode [death, discharged ...]

*Requirement:*

- Get all events where the discharge date was within the reporting period
(all exits during period)

- Get all events where the discharge date was within the reporting period
and the exit mode was "death" (deaths during reporting period)

- Divide deaths/all exits to get the mortality rate (indicator)

As an example, if a patient gets admitted in April 2016 and hence the event
date is in the April 2016 reporting period. Now say the patient gets
discharged in May 2016. But this exit will be calculated in the April 2016
reporting period due to considering the event date for analysis.
There is no direct way in DHIS where in we can match the reporting period
to a date based data elements for filtering out data or also include them
in indicators.

Any thoughts about how other users have solved these kind of issues would
be much appreciated.


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With Regards
Vanya
ThoughtWorks Technologies
Hyderabad

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