AHRILink Individual Visits.2023
South Africa, 2017 - 2023
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AHRILink Individual Visits.2023
| Name | Country code |
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| South Africa | ZA |
AHRILink is an electronic data collection system used to record all patients' visits to the 11 clinics located in the AHRI Population Intervention Programme (PIP) study area. The system was implemented in 2017 to assist clinical research assistants (CRAs) stationed in these clinics to capture reasons for clinic attendance. AHRILink database for each of the clinics is linked to a central AHRILink database through ongoing replication process. On a daily basis the PIP surveillance database is synchronised with the central AHRILink database, allowing CRAs access to an up to date list of individuals to search in AHRILink. Individuals are searched using individual identifiers such as first names, surnames, date of birth, sex and South African civilian identifiers. Deterministic and fuzzy match approaches are used to search for the individuals in the database. Verification is done to ensure that the individual is correctly linked by checking with the individual to name the household members who form part of the household they are part of.
The AHRIlink Data is anonymised and mainly contains demographic data such as age, sex, date and time of visit, name of the clinic, reason for clinic attendance and whether or not the individual is linked to PIP database. Each record is a visit reason (VisitId) that each individual has made to the clinic. Individuals can visit the clinic for more than one reason and will then have multiple records in the dataset for the visit identified by the dame VisitId. Patient Id is a sequential number used to denote all visits which belong to one individual
Each record is a visit reason per visit (VisitId) that each individual has had. Patient id is a sequential number used to denote all visits which belong to one individual.
Version
v1.0.0
Scope
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| HIV infection; tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases; South Africa; population health; demographic and health survey; Clinic visits; population linkage | AHRI | www.ahri.org |
Coverage
uMkhanyakude district in northern KwaZulu-Natal
All individuals across all ages accessing care in the 11 clinics located within AHRI PIP. The clinics are:
Esiyembeni Clinic
Gunjaneni Clinic
Hluhluwe Clinic
KwaMsane Clinic
Machibini Clinic
Madwaleni Clinic
Mpukunyoni Clinic
Mtubatuba Clinic
Nkundusi Clinic
Ntondweni Clinic
Somkhele Clinic
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kobus Herbst | AHRI |
| Mark Siedner | AHRI/MGH |
| Willem Hanekom | AHRI |
| Name |
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| Africa Health Research Institute |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Wellcome Trust | Core funding |
| SAPRIN |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Dickman Gareta | AHRI | Head of Research Data Management |
| Siphephelo Dlamin | AHRI | Research Nursing Manager |
| Thandeka Khoza | AHRI | Clinical Research Platform Manager |
| Patrick Gabela | AHRI | Clinical Research Coordinator |
| Nompilo Shelembe | AHRI | Clinical Research Nurse |
| Siyabonga Nxumalo | AHRI | Data Manager |
| Sweetness Dube | AHRI | Data Documentation |
Sampling
All individuals across all ages accessing care in the 11 clinics located within AHRI PIP
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 2023-02-28 |
Data Access
Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(https://data.ahri.org/). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI.
Herbst, K., Siedner, M., & Hanekom, W. (2023). AHRILink Individual Visits.2023 [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.AHRILINK.Individual.Visits
Metadata production
DDI.AHRI.AHRILink.Individual.Visits.v1
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| Africa Health Research Institute |