Access Brazilian Public Health Data
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healthbR: Access Brazilian Public Health Data
List Available Data Sources
Utility Functions for healthbR
Get VIGITEL base URL
Get VIGITEL cache directory
Get VIGITEL cache status
Clear VIGITEL cache
Convert Excel file to Parquet format
Load single year of VIGITEL data
Load VIGITEL microdata
Get VIGITEL variable dictionary
Download VIGITEL data dictionary
Download VIGITEL microdata for a specific year
Get path to Excel file for a specific year
Build VIGITEL file URL for a specific year
Get VIGITEL survey information
Get path to Parquet file for a specific year
Parse year argument
List VIGITEL variables
List available VIGITEL survey years
Provides easy access to Brazilian public health data from multiple sources including VIGITEL (Surveillance of Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey), PNS (National Health Survey), SIM (Mortality Information System), SINASC (Live Birth Information System), and other health information systems. Data is downloaded from the Brazilian Ministry of Health VIGITEL repository <https://svs.aids.gov.br/download/Vigitel/>. Data is returned in tidy format following tidyverse conventions.
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