title: The public health uses of the Scottish Community Health Index (CHI).
abstract: Each of the 15 Health Boards in Scotland maintains a computer file of its residents who are registered with a general practitioner; this is known as the Community Health Index or CHI. The CHI allows a variety of demographic data and indicators of health to be analysed on either a geographic or general practice base, or both simultaneously. The considerable potential of the CHI as a public health tool may be of interest to health authorities outside Scotland which are developing wider uses for their own family practitioner registers.
authors.affiliation: Greater Glasgow Health Board.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Womersley
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003219:Confidentiality; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D012042:Registries; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology