[Study of the utilization of health services in a rural region of southern Africa. Contribution of the computer].
Primary health care systems have to be regularly evaluated to ensure their proper management and plans to assess whether community health needs are satisfactorily met. Data required for such an evaluation are complex but an approach can be made through the indicators of health services utilisation. The processing of such informations can and should be computerised, regarding the constantly decreasing cost and the drastic help of this technic. The author presents his experience in a remote region of Southern Africa which has a regular and reliable record of services' utilisation. Three examples of the utility of such processed information are given.
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D000353:Africa, Southern; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D012424:Rural Population
Etude de l'utilisation des services de santé dans une région rurale d'Afrique australe. Contribution de l'informatique.