Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Apr 2019)

Design of a geospatial model applied to Health management

  • Marcelo Rosano Dallagassa,
  • Franciele Iachecen,
  • Deborah Ribeiro Carvalho,
  • Sergio Ossamu Ioshii

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0589
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 72, no. 2
pp. 420 – 426

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Objective: To identify geographically the beneficiaries categorized as prone to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, using the recognition of patterns in a database of a health plan operator, through data mining. Method: The following steps were developed: the initial step, the information survey. Development, construction of the process of extraction, transformation, and loading of the database. Deployment, presentation of the geographical information through a georeferencing tool. Results: As a result, the mapping of Paraná according to its health care network and the concentration of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is presented, enabling the identification of cause-and-effect relationships. Conclusion: It is concluded that the analysis of georeferenced information, linked to health information obtained through the data mining technique, can be an excellent tool for the health management of a health plan operator, contributing to the decision-making process in Health.

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