National Phytosociological Database of Namibia

National Database of Geriatrics

AIM OF DATABASE The aim of the National Database of Geriatrics is to monitor the quality of interdisciplinary diagnostics and treatment of patients admitted to a geriatric hospital unit. STUDY POPULATION The database population consists of patients who were admitted to a geriatric hospital unit. Geriatric patients cannot be defined by specific diagnoses. A geriatric patient is typically a fra...

The Economic Burden of Stroke Based on South Korea’s National Health Insurance Claims Database

Background This study was conducted to determine the scale and the nature of the economic burden caused by strokes and to use the results as an evidential source for determining the allocation of South Korea stroke cases in 2015.   Methods For research subjects, the study analyzed demographic characteristics and economic burden based on data from national health insurance (NHI) claims for inpat...

National Cardiovascular Disease Database

Developing a National Height Database

In November 2001 the Ordnance Survey, Britain’s National Mapping Agency, launched the first release of OS MasterMap, the definitive digital map database for Great Britain. The initial data within OS MasterMap consisted of topographic points, lines and polygons, stored as 2-dimensional features in an object-oriented database. This paper outlines the structure of OS MasterMap; the current height ...

Implementation of The National Map Road Database

The National Map is the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) next-generation topographic mapping product. This concept aims to achieve a more effective and regenerative public mapping program through local participation, inter-agency data sharing, and integration. This ambitious endeavor faces many significant challenges to its implementation, however. The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) wa...