Predictive Assessment of Cancer Center Catchment Area from Electronic Health Records.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare facilities (HF) may identify catchment areas (CA) by selecting criteria that depend on various factors. These refer to hospital activities, geographical definition, patient covariates, and more. The analyses that were traditionally pursued have a limiting factor in the consideration of only static conditions. Instead, some of the CA determinants involve influences occurring at both temporal and spatial scales. The study of CA in the cancer context means choosing between HF, usually divided into general hospitals versus oncological centers (OCs). In the CA context, electronic health records (EHRs) promise to be a valuable source of information, one driving the next-generation patient-driven clinical decision support systems. Among the challenges, digital health requires the re-de

SUBMITTER: Salmasi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5696335 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature