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Table 3 Completeness of core data elements (n = 500 records)

From: Electronic immunization data collection systems: application of an evaluation framework

 

APH

NRPH

Data element

Total missing

% missing

95% CI

Total missing

% missing

95% CI‡

Name

0

0

--

0

0

--

Health card number

99

19.8

16.4, 23.6

26

5.2

3.4, 7.6

Sex

6

1.2

0.4, 2.6‡

0

0

--

Date of birth

0

0

--

0

0

--

Postal code

77

15.4

12.4, 18.9

25

5.0

3.2, 7.4

Vaccine lot number

0

0

--

0

0

--

Date of vaccination

0

0

--

0

0

--

Anatomical site of vaccination

0

0

--

0

0

--

Dose #

NA†

  

0

0

--

  1. †Dose number is not a separate field because each nurse can view a client’s vaccination history and determine whether the current dose is the first or second.
  2. ‡Calculated using a Poisson distribution because the events were rare.