Measuring the impact of health policies using Internet search patterns: the case of abortion

Background Internet search patterns have emerged as a novel data source for monitoring infectious disease trends. We propose that these data can also be used more broadly to study the impact of health policies across different regions in a more efficient and timely manner. Methods As a test...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reis, Ben I., Brownstein, John S.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69544