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Our study aimed to analyse the use of hospital information systems as a tool to support decision-making by hospital managers in Hu\u00edla, Angola. It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study inducted between July and September 2017 in seven hospitals in Hu\u00edla Province, Angola, specifically in the cities of Lubango and Matala. Thirty-six members of the hospital boards filled out a self-questionnaire that consisted of twenty questions based on the following issues: Characterisation of the interviewee\u2019s profile; availability of information in the institution; and quality and usefulness of the available operational information. At least two thirds of the participants reported being unsatisfied or relatively satisfied with each assessed hospital information systems-specific feature. More than 50% have rarely or never used the health information system to support decision-making. Most managers do not use hospital information systems to support management-related decision-making in Angola. 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