Manifestation and sociodemographic microdata of Brazil's Unified Health System Ombudsman

BMC Res Notes. 2024 Jan 5;17(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06639-x.

Abstract

Objectives: This article presents the process of extraction and treatment of two datasets from the General Ombudsman of the Brazilian Unified Health System (OUVSUS). The resulting datasets allow the analysis of manifestation characteristics and sociodemographic profile of the citizens that performed these manifestations.

Data description: The first dataset depicts the characteristics of the manifestations registered by the General Ombudsman. Each row represents an individual manifestation and contains information such as the registration date, classification, input channel, and subject, among others. The second dataset is constituted of sociodemographic information for each citizen that performed a manifestation, and characteristics such as sexual orientation, race, age, and geographic location of the citizen are presented, among others.

Keywords: Brazilian Unified Health System; Data science; Health informatics; Ombudsman.

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Datasets as Topic*
  • Demography*
  • Humans