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.
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.
Authors: Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira; Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant; Carisi Anne Polanczyk; Deborah Carvalho Malta; Andreia Biolo; Bruno Ramos Nascimento; Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza; Andrea Rocha De Lorenzo; Antonio Aurélio de Paiva Fagundes Júnior; Beatriz D Schaan; Fábio Morato de Castilho; Fernando Henpin Yue Cesena; Gabriel Porto Soares; Gesner Francisco Xavier Junior; Jose Augusto Soares Barreto Filho; Luiz Guilherme Passaglia; Marcelo Martins Pinto Filho; M Julia Machline-Carrion; Marcio Sommer Bittencourt; Octavio M Pontes Neto; Paolo Blanco Villela; Renato Azeredo Teixeira; Roney Orismar Sampaio; Thomaz A Gaziano; Pablo Perel; Gregory A Roth; Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro Journal: Arq Bras Cardiol Date: 2022-01 Impact factor: 2.000
Authors: Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira; Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant; Carisi Anne Polanczyk; Andreia Biolo; Bruno Ramos Nascimento; Deborah Carvalho Malta; Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza; Gabriel Porto Soares; Gesner Francisco Xavier Junior; M Julia Machline-Carrion; Marcio Sommer Bittencourt; Octavio M Pontes Neto; Odilson Marcos Silvestre; Renato Azeredo Teixeira; Roney Orismar Sampaio; Thomaz A Gaziano; Gregory A Roth; Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro Journal: Arq Bras Cardiol Date: 2020-09 Impact factor: 2.667
Authors: Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha; Dante Grapiuna de Almeida; Pedro Vasconcelos Maia do Amaral; Núbia Cristina da Silva; Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz; Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz; Allan Claudius Queiroz Barbosa; João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci Journal: Rev Panam Salud Publica Date: 2019-05-24
Authors: Elisa Maria Maffioli; Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha; Gabriel Vivas; Carlos Rosales; Catherine Staton; Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci Journal: BMJ Glob Health Date: 2019-11-06