microdatasus

MaRDI QIDQ7374037CRANFDO

Authors Raphael Saldanha

Last update 29 July 2026

Copyright license MIT license, File License

Software version identifier PACKAGES.rds, 2.3.1, 3.0.0

Description

Downloads and processes health microdata from Brazilian Unified Health System ('DataSUS') information systems. It handles the compressed 'DBC' format internally and provides functions to organize variables and add labels to categorical fields from mortality, live births, hospital admissions, outpatient care, health facilities, and notifiable diseases data. For details, see Saldanha et al. (2019) <doi:10.1590/0102-311x00032419>.

Cites work

• Microdatasus: pacote para download e pré-processamento de microdados do Departamento de Informática do SUS (DATASUS)

Cited in

(1)

• localdatasus

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