rtabnetsp

rtabnetsp retrieves health status indicator data from the TABNET system maintained by the São Paulo State Department of Health and preprocesses and aggregates these data for analysis across regionalization levels.

Key Features:

• Data Retrieval: Automates requests to TABNET servers to retrieve comprehensive health indicator tables specific to São Paulo.
• Preprocessing Capabilities: Preprocesses retrieved TABNET tables to prepare data for manipulation and analysis.
• Indicator Listing and Search: Provides functions to list and search available health indicators within the TABNET datasets.
• Data Aggregation: Aggregates selected data according to regionalization levels encoded in the TABNET data matrix.

Scientific Applications:

• Public Health Monitoring: Enables monitoring of health status indicators across São Paulo to support evaluation of public health actions.
• Trend Identification: Supports identification of emerging trends in health indicators for epidemiological assessment.
• Regional Resource Prioritization: Facilitates prioritization of regions for resource allocation using indicators aggregated by regionalization level.

Methodology:

Systematic retrieval of data from TABNET servers followed by preprocessing of TABNET tables and functions for searching, selecting, and aggregating indicators based on predefined criteria and regionalization levels.