Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Patient Adherence Data

Kennedy Lushasi authored this dataset on challenges to high-risk bite patients initiating and completing rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The data is stored in an XLS file sized 5.5 KB and was last updated on May 14, 2026. It defines PEP completion as having received at least three doses, irrespective of the regimen used.

Use Cases

• Analyze patient adherence rates based on the defined PEP completion metric of at least three doses.
• Identify barriers to PEP initiation and completion among high-risk bite patients.
• Study the relationship between PEP regimen types and completion rates.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• File size is 5.5 KB, indicating a focused and manageable scope for analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Kennedy Lushasi via figshare.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:39:26; freshness should be verified.