Geographical information system for end-stage renal disease: SIGNe, an aid to public health decision making

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-277

  Toubiana, Laurent ^a   Richard, Jean Baptiste ^b   Landais, Paul ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Data warehouse; ESRD; Geographical information system; Public health decision making; SIGNe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 14044252751     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh621     Document Type: Article

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