Big data in global health: Improving health in low- and middle-income countries;Mégadonnées dans le domaine de la santé mondiale: Amélioration de la santé dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire;Grandes volúmenes de datos en el ámbito de la salud mundial: La mejora de la salud en los países de ingresos bajos y medios

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 203-208

  Wyber, Rosemary ^a   Vaillancourt, Samuel ^b   Perry, William ^c   Mannava, Priya ^c   Folaranmi, Temitope ^c   Celi, Leo Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Nyes Institute   (New Zealand)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84923917685     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.139022     Document Type: Article

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