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[Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi devs and users

Would anyone with relevant experience in this, help us understand this
better?

Regards
Vanya

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> --
> With Regards
> Vanya
> ThoughtWorks Technologies
> Hyderabad
>
> --Stay Hungry Stay Foolish!!
>



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ThoughtWorks Technologies
Hyderabad

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