Design of a geospatial model applied to Health management

• Main Authors: Marcelo Rosano Dallagassa, Franciele Iachecen, Deborah Ribeiro Carvalho, Sergio Ossamu Ioshii
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2019-04-01
• Series: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
• Subjects: Atención a la Salud; Minería de Datos; Mapeo Geográfico; Salud Suplementaria; Enfermedades crónicas
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672019000200420&lng=en&tlng=en

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.