Development and representation of health indicators with thematic maps

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 220-224

  Dalle Carbonare, Simona ^a,b   Cerra, Carlo ^b   Bellazzi, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit of Pavia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age standardization; Health indicators; Maps; Public health; Smoothing

Indexed keywords

DATA WAREHOUSES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA REPOSITORIES; DECISION MAKERS; HEALTH CARE AGENCIES; HEALTH INDICATORS; PUBLIC HEALTHCARES; SMOOTHING; THEMATIC MAPS; WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS;

MAPS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

DATA MINING; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; ITALY; REGISTRIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84872582044     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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