datasusr

Authors Andre Leite, Marcos Wasiliew, Hugo Vasconcelos, Carlos Amorim, Diogo Bezerra

Last update 25 September 2026

Copyright license MIT license, File License

Software version identifier PACKAGES.rds, 0.1.0, 0.1.1

Description

Provides fast, in-memory reading of 'DATASUS' 'DBC' files using native 'C' code, along with a catalog of public health data sources, 'FTP' file discovery, caching downloads, and a high-level datasus_fetch() function that lists, downloads, and reads files in a single call. Bundles the 'blast' decompressor from 'zlib' contrib/blast to decode 'PKWare DCL' compressed 'DBC' files and parses 'DBF' records directly for efficient import into tibbles. See the 'DATASUS' file transfer site <https://datasus.saude.gov.br> and Adler (2003) <https://github.com/madler/zlib/tree/master/contrib/blast> for details on the underlying data and compression format.

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