Visual localisation of community health needs to rational decision-making in public health services

Health and Place

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-251

  Kaneko, Yoshihiro ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Needs assessment; Public health policy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GIS; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGITALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; WELFARE; DECISION MAKING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; JAPAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TOKYO;

EID: 0141500271     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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