EPIDEMIOLOGY IN HOSPITALS: SOME USES OF DATA PROCESSING IN CHRONIC DISEASE INSTITUTIONS.

The article discusses the function of data processing in the study of disease processes within an institution for mentally retarded people. Many state institutions have recorded basic information through data processing such as age at admission or birth date, sex, psychiatric diagnosis, intelligence...

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Publicado en:	American Journal of Mental Deficiency Vol. 68; no. 5; pp. 586 - 594
Autores principales:	Dingman, Harvey F., Tarjan, George, Eyman, Richard K., Miller, Curtis R.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Association on Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Mar1964
Materias:	Electronic data processing People with intellectual disabilities Information storage & retrieval systems People with developmental disabilities Mental health
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Sumario:	The article discusses the function of data processing in the study of disease processes within an institution for mentally retarded people. Many state institutions have recorded basic information through data processing such as age at admission or birth date, sex, psychiatric diagnosis, intelligence quotient, and ethnic status. Three different prediction situations are discussed to give guidelines to medical administrators in the management of patients and the prevention of disease.