The forecasts that the office produces from this data are recognised as among the best in the world.
The requirement for environmental and socio-economic data is recognised in many political forums.
All entries into this national database are verified and validated, but a degree of inaccuracy in HES data is recognised.
The need for comprehensive, locally relevant health data is recognised as a key requirement for effective monitoring and evaluation of healthcare delivery at a local level [ 1, 2].
This relationship has resulted in ED data being recognised by the World Health Organization as key intelligence for the development, implementation, and evaluation of violence prevention initiatives [ 7, 8].
Secondary analysis of qualitative data is recognised as a valuable way of gaining a new perspective on novel research topics, allowing researchers to perform additional analysis on concepts emerging from research and address these in more detail [ 14, 15].
Increases in the quantity, quality and availability of health data are recognised as fundamental goals in efforts to strengthen health-care systems in resource-poor nations worldwide (AbouZahr and Boerma, 2005; Murray et al., 2004; Stansfield, 2005; WHO/AFRO, 1999).
The usefulness of examining patient-level data is recognised [ 17], and is particularly suitable for the evaluation of biomarkers, as it is not enough that a marker reliably tracks the progression of the disease on average, but that it does so sufficiently well for each individual patient [ 18].
51 At all levels of management, activities around quality and safety data or information were recognised in 6 studies.
Based on preliminary analysis of the interview data, it was recognised that nurses also played an important role in AEFI reporting, and a further six interviews were conducted with two local council immunisation and four general practice nurses in September 2011.
