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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Print version ISSN 1679-4974On-line version ISSN 2237-9622
Abstract
ROCHA, Thiago Augusto Hernandes et al. Geolocation of hospitalizations registered on the Brazilian National Health System’s Hospital Information System: a solution based on the R Statistical Software. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2018, vol.27, n.4, e2017444. Epub Nov 23, 2018. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742018000400016.
Objective:
to describe a solution enabling geolocation of hospital admissions (AIH), processed on the Brazilian National Health System’s Hospital Information System.
Methods:
in order to spatialize AIHs an R language script was written, based on the microdatasus and CepR packages; the script was applied to identify all AIHs in Goiás state in the year 2015; after downloading and pre-processing the data, the procedure for AIH spatialization was detailed.
Results:
of the 361,213 AIHs processed, we were able to retrieve 24,220 different ZIP codes (CEPs); from this set of ZIP codes, 23,910 (98.7%) were geolocated; these geolocated ZIP codes enabled spatialization of 97.7% of AIHs processed for the state of Goiás.
Conclusion:
it is possible to spatialize AIHs with a high success rate; the method detailed in this paper opens a new range of possibilities for the design of evaluation studies, formulation of policies and planning of health care actions.
Keywords : Hospitalization; Information Systems; Automatic Data Processing; Spatial Analysis; Geographic Information Systems.