CASA Tutorial 3:
Analyze the Data
Michael J. McQuestion, PhD, MPH
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Generate a Diagnostic Report
w Select Reports | Coverage Reports | Single
Site
w Choose your clinic at the prompt
w The Report generator will appear
w For now, click Screen and Diagnostic
w Click on Run
w A detailed clinic report will be generated
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A Detailed Clinic Report
w Click Next to page through the report
w Read report, then click on “OK” to exit
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List Children by Section
w A menu will appear, asking if you want a
listing of children who fall within a
particular section
w At the prompt, click “Yes” to get a list of
children in each section of the report
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List Children by Section
w Select the Sections you want and click on
Run
w Note that the lists, like the summary
report, can be printed or saved to file
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List Children by Section
w Exit the Diagnostic Report Section
w The Report Generator will re-appear
w This time select Single Antigen and run the
report
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Single Antigen Report
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Produce Graphs
w Return to Report Generator
w Select Combination Antigen and Graph
Results
w Click Run
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Combined Vaccine Coverage
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Generate Other Reports
w Go back to the Reports menu
w Select Immunizations up-to-date
w This generates frequency distributions for
various antigen combinations
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Generate Other Reports
w Select Missing Immunizations to produce a
list of all children who are “past due” for an
immunization
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Comparison Reports
w Select Reports
w Select Coverage Comparison
w Using this menu, you can double-click on
any clinic dataset on the left to move it to
the right window for comparative analyses
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Cross Tabulations
w Use the Quick Count Report tool to crosstabulate risk factor and antigen
combinations to see which risk categories,
if any, are better immunized
w Use the Graph facility to better visualize
results
w Using the By Year of Birth menu, the
analyses can be repeated for annual birth
cohorts
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Reminders and Recalls
w Click on Follow-Up | Reminder | Recall
Schedules
w Click on Sequence Order and make sure
the settings match the clinic protocols: OPV
and DTP
w Exit from this menu and return to main
page
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Reminders and Recalls
w Again enter Follow-up, click on Letters, and
select Reminder Letters
w This will open up a form letter to remind
parents to bring children for their next
shots
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Reminders and Recalls
w Click Run and another dialog box opens
w Choose “Yes” to using the same clinic’s
data
w For letter type, click Past Due (Recall)
w Also check List Names and Shots
w Click OK
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Reminders and Recalls
w The resulting list shows all children due for
another shot
w Click OK again to reveal a letter addressed
to the first child
w Click Next to see the second letter, and so
on
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Other Facilities
w CASA offers many other analytic, reporting,
and graphing tools
w Explore the various menus and discover
them for yourself
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Summary
w Providers can use CASA to manage their
vaccination records, identify weaknesses
w In Assignment 1 (Part A), we will analyze
the performance of Clinic A and generate
recalls and reminders
w In Assignment 1 (Part B), we will analyze
the performance of Clinics A, B, C, and D
as if they comprised a registry
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