Quality evaluation of hospitalized hepatitis C cases reporting in Henan province, 2014 / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the network reporting quality of hepatitis C cases in Henan province in 2014.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The data of hepatitis C case reporting was collected from selected medical institutions in Henan province in 2014. According to current reporting standards, the evaluation of reporting rate, the timely reporting rate, the underreporting rate, the false reporting rate and the anti HCV positive and HCV-RNA positive reporting rate of hepatitis C cases were evaluated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 2 778 hospitalized hepatitis C cases in 170 medical and health institutions were surveyed, the reporting rate was 84.10%, the timely reporting rate was 100.00%, the underreporting rate was 15.90%, the false reporting rate was 13.17% and the anti-HCV positive and HCV-RNA positive reporting rate was 91.06%. The coincidence rate of diagnosis and reporting was 58.61%, the coincidence rate of acute or chronic cases was 30.93%. More clinical diagnosed cases were underreported. The coincidence rate of laboratory confirmed cases reporting were low. The diagnosis and reporting coincidence rate was low in provincial medical institutions.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>In Henan, the hepatitis C case reporting rate was high, the anti-HCV positive and HCV-RNA positive reporting rate needs to be improved. The coincidence rate of hepatitis C reporting was low. Underreporting and false reporting still existed. The quality of hepatitis C reporting in provincial medical and health institutions needs to be improved.</p>