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ArticleJournal of healthcare engineering2021

Classification of Public Health Centres in Accra through a Web-Based Portal Integrated with Geographical Information System (GIS).

Nana Yaw Asabere, Gare Lawson, Godwin Badu-Marfo, Lydia Kwofie, Daniel Opoku Mensah, Reginald Lartey

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Article in Journal of healthcare engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nana Yaw AsabereDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Accra Technical University (ATU), Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-4908-8528
Gare LawsonDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Accra Technical University (ATU), Accra, Ghana.
Godwin Badu-MarfoDexAfrica Limited, Accra, Ghana.
Lydia KwofieDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Accra Technical University (ATU), Accra, Ghana.
Daniel Opoku MensahDexAfrica Limited, Accra, Ghana.
Reginald LarteyDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Accra Technical University (ATU), Accra, Ghana.
Accra Technical University · GHConcordia University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A health system is described as a logically organized collection of resources, agents, and institutions that offer healthcare to a specific population based on the finance, regulation, and delivery of health services. Many health centres have been established in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, due to the importance of good health. People in other developed nations can seek adequate healthcare, since information about relevant health centres is readily available. However, there is a paucity of information about the services provided by existing health institutions in Ghana, particularly in Accra. The majority of patients commute to either Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital or Greater Accra Regional Hospital, putting a considerable medical strain on these facilities. In this study, we use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to establish a database for all of Accra's health centres and categorize them according to the services they provide. This research tackled the previously mentioned problem by proposing and developing a web-based map called

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Geographic Information SystemsPublic HealthHealth FacilitiesHospitals, TeachingHumansInternet

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PMID34900186
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