Application of frequent itemsets mining to analyze patterns of One-Stop visits in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Tu, Chun Yi ^a,b   Chen, Tzeng Ji ^a,c   Chou, Li Fang ^d  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA MINING; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA MINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959776726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014824     Document Type: Article

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