Development of a Primary Health Centre Data Warehouse System for Disease Management in Developing Countries

Disease management is a continuous, coordinated health care process that seeks to manage and improve the health status of a carefully defined patient population over the entire course of a disease. A data warehouse is a computer system designed for archiving and analysis of historical data. This paper addresses the development of a data warehouse for Primary health centres in Nigeria Local Government Areas. The data warehouse integrates data from the various primary health centers. The analytic reports from the system are accessed by the Local Government Areas officials for on-ward transmission to the State Government officials. The system is a good application that can be adopted by developing countries.