Completeness of Paper-Based Clinical Records as a Dimension of Clinical Record Quality in Selected Public Hospitals in Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape Provinces, South Africa.

Siyonela Mlonyeni, Ntiyiso Vinny Khosa, Muambangu Jean Paul Milambo, Guillermo Alfredo Pulido-Estrada, Laston Gonah, Thokoe Vincent Makola, Constance Rusike, Wilson Wezile Chitha

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Siyonela MlonyeniSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.

Ntiyiso Vinny KhosaSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3857-8225

Muambangu Jean Paul MilamboSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.

Guillermo Alfredo Pulido-EstradaSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6485-2059

Laston GonahSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6070-2176

Thokoe Vincent MakolaSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0006-0918-7539

Constance RusikeDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5117, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-2933

Wilson Wezile ChithaSchool of Public Health, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha 5100, South Africa.

Funding

South African Medical Research Council 57035

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DocumentationHospitals, PublicMedical RecordsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansSouth Africaclinical documentationclinical recordsdata qualitydocumentation completenesshealth information systemspublic hospitalsSouth Africa

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PMID42646598

DOI10.3390/medsci14040464

PMCPMC13515867

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