Geospatial data in health and welfare research -seminar in Helsinki 23rd October 2018.

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Markku Tykkyläinen
University of Eastern Finland, IMPRO, Joensuu
https://www.stnimpro.fi/
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Geospatial Health - Intro
Geospatial data in health and welfare research, University
of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 33, 3rd floor, room 13, Helsinki,
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Where the term ”geospatial health”
comes from?
Operations
Research
(complex
systems, CP,
LP, netw.)
Spatial
Statistics
(n-dim. space,
regr., hot
spots)
Computational
Sciences
(algorithms, clust.,
sim., progr., db)
Geodesy/GPS
(coordinates,
orientation)
GIScience/
Geoinformatics
(db, analysis,
rem sens)
Health
Sciences
Spatial
economics
(space-time
dynamics)
1990s
1950-60s
1990s
Geospatial
Health
Spatial
analysis
(geogr., reg.
sc.; math.
space)
1990s -
NEG

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IMPRO and Geospatial Health
• Quality of care
- better outcomes of care
- more equal outcomes
- new ways of care
• Need of care – where?
• Better accessbility
• Cost savings: care & patients
• Optimal spatial allocation of services
• To sum up: Allocation of scarce
resources over space cost-efficiently to
produce better care
Research related to geospatial approach:
Oulu/Geography/(WP1): Geography of health and well-
being as focus area in research of the dept. (WP1)
Joensuu/Geographies/Research group: Geospatial
Health, Geoinformatics. (WP4)
Joensuu: School of Computing: optimization tools. (WP6)
HKI/Aalto University/HEMA Institute: costs, data bases
& research. (WP5)
Kuopio/Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition:
“heavy users” of health care and social services. (WP3)
HKI/National Institute for Health and Welfare THL:
emergency and specialist care services. (WP2)
Hospital districts/forthcoming ”sote” areas : databases,
registers; indicators of care
Focus on
Chronic diseases
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4. Key note speaker
Eric Delmelle
Associate Professor
Interests:
Epidemiology, Uncertainty, GIS
Spatial Optimization,
Geovisualization
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Department of Geography and Earth
Sciences
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte