Accession Number:

ADA326215

Title:

EPISYS (Epidemiological Interactive System). User's Guide. Version 1.0.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Mar-Dec 96,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Jaeger, Jennifer A.
• White, Martin R.
• Show, Ivan T.

Report Date:

1996-12-10

Pagination or Media Count:

100.0

Abstract:

The Epidemiological Interactive System EPISYS is a computerized program and database that enables researchers to rapidly access, analyze, and summarize large amounts of epidemiological data. This version of EPISYS contains inpatient hospitalization, demographic, and career history records for all Navy enlisted personnel on active duty between I January 1980 and 30 September 1994. The hospitalization data contained in EPISYS are obtained from the Naval Medical Information Management Center, Bethesda, Maryland, formally the Naval Medical Data services Center and is updated quarterly. Demographic, occupational, and other service history information is provided by the Navy Military Personnel Command in Washington, D.C.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *DATA BASES
• *ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• *MEDICAL SERVICES
• *MEDICAL RESEARCH
• *EPIDEMIOLOGY
• USER MANUALS
• MARYLAND
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• NAVAL PERSONNEL
• INTERACTIONS
• CAREERS
• HISTORY
• ACTIVE DUTY
• RECORDS
• HOSPITALIZATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Medicine and Medical Research
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE