Comprehensive evaluation of quality of communicable disease information reporting in Tianjin based on improved TOPSIS method

ObjectiveTo comprehensively evaluate the quality of the communicable disease information reporting in Tianjin in 2018.

MethodsInstitutional network operation, communicable disease reporting rate, card reporting timeliness, card review timeliness, card duplication reporting and completeness the patient's identity information in each district of Tianjin were analyzed by using an improved TOPSIS method.

ResultsThe results of the comprehensive evaluation by using the improved TOPSIS method showed that the top three districts with high reporting quality were Hedong, Xiqing and Hongqiao, and the last three districts with low reporting quality were Hexi, Dongli and Jinghai. The comprehensive evaluation results indicated the quality of the reporting of each district, and the ranking of the reporting quality reflected actual situation.

ConclusionComprehensively and scientifically evaluation of the quality of communicable disease information reporting in each district in Tianjin was conducted based on the indicators of the reporting quality in communicable disease reporting information system and in field investigation report of medical institution, and the related evaluation system and method provided a novel model for the comprehensive evaluation of the quality of communicable disease information reporting in China or in other provinces.