An evaluation of the Sinan health information system as used by the Hansen's disease control programme, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Leprosy Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Galvão, Paulo Roberto Silva ^a   Ferreira, Andréa Torres ^b   Maciel, Maria Das Graças Galvão ^a   De Almeida, Rejane Pereira ^b   Hinders, Duane ^c   Schreuder, Pieter A M ^d,f   Kerr Pontes, Lígia Regina S ^e  

^a State Health Secretariat   (Brazil)

^b SES   (Brazil)

^c LEPRA Brazil Representative   (Brazil)

^d Netherlands Leprosy Relief Brazil   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f NLR Brasil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; LEPROSY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SINAN HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM;

BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEPROSY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 51349119096     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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