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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254019203321

Autore

Rai Praveen Kumar

Titolo

Geoinformatics in Health Facility Analysis / / by Praveen Kumar Rai, Mahendra Singh Nathawat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-44624-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 231 p. 99 illus., 77 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

910.285

Soggetti

Geographic information systems

Public health

Epidemiology

Medical informatics

Environmental health

Health services administration

Geographical Information System

Public Health

Health Informatics

Environmental Health

Health Care Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

1. Health Care System and Geospatial Technology: A Conceptual Framework of the Study -- 2. Varanasi District: Study Area Profile -- 3. Integration of Census Data with GIS for Analysis of Population Characteristics -- 4. Analysis of Health Care Facility Using GIS -- 5. GIS in Vector Borne Disease Mapping -- 6. Malaria Susceptibility Mapping Using Statistical Methods with GIS -- 7. A Geographical Survey for Utilization of Health Care Facilities -- 8. GIS in Health Care Planning -- Bibliography -- Appendix. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book demonstrates how GIS techniques and statistical methods can be used to emphasise the characteristics of population and its related variables, vis-à-vis care facilities and the status of vector borne



diseases, as well as for malaria modeling. Concentrating on the Varanasi district of India, the main aim of the book is to determine and map the density areas of vector borne diseases using GIS techniques. The book explores how health GIS is an important sub-discipline of health science and medical geography, which is traditionally focused on the spatial aspects of disease ecology and health care facility analysis. .