The public health uses of the Scottish Community Health Index (CHI)
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- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 18 (4) , 465-472
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024546
Abstract
Each of the 15 Health Boards in Scotland maintains a computer file of its residents who are registered with ageneral practitioner; this is known as the Community Health Index or CHI. The CHI allows a variety of demographic data and indicators of health to be analysed on either a geographic or general practice base, or both simultaneously. The considerable potential of the CHI as a public health tool may be of interest to health authorities outside Scotland which are developing wider uses for their own family practitioner registers.Keywords
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