Studnicki J, Hevner A R, Berndt D J, Luther S L
College of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2001 Nov;7(6):87-95. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200107060-00010.
A method for assessing the health status of communities has been under development for a decade at the University of South Florida. Known as CATCH (Comprehensive Assessment for Tracking Community Health), the method utilizes health status indicators from multiple data sources. With federal grant support, a unique data warehouse has been created to automate CATCH assessments and to enhance online analytical processing for efficient data browsing, knowledge discovery, and model testing. A comparison of two peer grouping methods (population size versus predicted age-adjusted mortality) is reviewed to demonstrate the warehouse capabilities.
