Private TB Patient Notifications in Akot TU from 2018 to 2024

Akot TU data on private tuberculosis patient notifications from 2018 to 2024. The dataset is an interrupted time-series analysis for evaluating policy or intervention impacts. Umesh Kawalkar authored this 5.5 KB Excel file, last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Conducting interrupted time-series analysis to evaluate the impact of a health policy change on TB notification rates.
• Modeling temporal trends in private-sector tuberculosis case reporting.
• Assessing the effectiveness of public health interventions on patient notification completeness.

Strengths

• Data covers a 7-year time range (2018–2024) for longitudinal analysis.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.
• Last metadata update was recent (2026-05-22).

Limitations

• The dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely contains administrative health records or aggregated notifications.

Time Range

2018 – 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:24:09; freshness should be verified

Geography

Akot TU (likely a Tuberculosis Unit in India)