在开放的队列中自动化发生率和流行率分析
Neil Cockburn1, Ben Hammond2, Illin Gani2
1Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. n.cockburn@bham.ac.uk.
BMC medical research methodology
|July 4, 2024
概括
分析公共卫生数据的自动化方法提高了透明度和可重复性. 这些工具简化了电子健康记录中的发病率和流行率计算,提高了研究生产力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生信息学 公共卫生信息学
- 健康 数据科学 数据科学
背景情况:
- 行政数据,包括电子健康记录,对于公共卫生研究至关重要.
- 开放的队列数据集在分析患病率和患病率方面存在挑战,原因是患者的进入/退出不均.
- 现有的方法可能耗时,并导致分析变化.
研究的目的:
- 开发用于分析在开放队列数据集中的发病率和流行率的自动化方法.
- 提高公共卫生数据分析的透明度,生产力和可重复性.
主要方法:
- 一套无代码的发病率和流行率规则,适用于任何开放的队列.
- 这些规则的Python命令行接口 (CLI) 实现 (Python 3.9+).
主要成果:
- 该CLI可以从开放的队列数据计算发病率和点流行时间序列.
- 该规则可以适应其他实施和分析问题,例如周期流行.
结论:
- 在公共卫生数据中对发病率和流行率的自动分析是可行的和有益的.
- 开发的方法和工具提供了一种可重复和有效的方法来分析开放的队列数据.
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