Analysis on the information quality of public health emergency reports in 2006

Objective The present study was conducted to evaluate the information quality of public health emergency reports in 2006 and the feasibility and rationality of comprehensive quality assessment for providing a scientific basis on which to further improve the quality of public health emergency reporting.Methods The data of public health emergency reports in 2006 was acquired by management information system(MIS)of public health emergency reporting,a subsystem of China Information System for Disease Control and Prevention.Data processing and statistical analysis was conducted with Oracle and SPSS software.Results 3390 public health emergencies were reported in China in 2006 with 69.09% of them from China CDC.It took 0.7 days to report the public health emergency after its occurrence and 0.57 days to further report via net-work afer receiving the report from the site.The time spent from the onset of emergencies to the reporting via network was 2.30 days,with 20.58 days taken from the reporing via network to the completion of the management of the emergencies.Integrity rate of the individual data filled-in was over 80%.Statistics showed that there were 50.63% of the counties and regions throughout China reporting public health emergencies. Conclusion The evaluation on the quality of reports on public health emergencies should be strengthened,with the key factors affecting the reporting quality analyzed.The management of information reporting on public health emergencies are to be reinforced to make it better in the future.