title: A formal study on summary table handling with application to health care statistical databases.
abstract: There is an ever-increasing demand for statistics in the health care field. Various surveys are conducted every year, and a huge number of summary tables are created. To share information and to make the most of the summary tables, we present a method for storing and transforming summary tables with special application to the health care field. A database management system being developed is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Information Science, Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaba
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors