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Guide to NZHIS National Collections:
Hepatitis B Screening Programme (Hep B)
Scope
Purpose
The Hepatitis B data warehouse (Hep B) was established for the Hepatitis B Screening Programme pilot to support policy formation, performance monitoring, and review. The pilot has been conducted for three years with two primary care providers.
Content
Hep B contains primary care and secondary care information for the Hepatitis B Screening Programme pilot.
Start date
August 2000.
Guide for use
The Hepatitis B Screening Programme is a pilot project with only limited data, and is not available for general use.
For further details refer to the Hep B Data Dictionary.
Collection methods – guide for providers
The primary care information is collected by two providers: Auckland Healthcare (also known as “A+”) and the Hepatitis B Foundation.
The secondary care information is collected by specialists whose patients have been referred by primary care providers.
Frequency of updates
Primary care information is provided monthly. Secondary care information is provided quarterly.
Security of data
Access to data is currently limited to authorised NZHIS staff for maintenance purposes.
Quarterly data extracts are sent to Uniservices, a third-party organisation contracted to produce the quarterly reports for the Ministry of Health on a number of specified key indicators.
Privacy issues
The quarterly extracts sent to Uniservices contain encrypted NHI numbers.
National reports and publications
None.
Data provision
None.