Methodology
A SaTScan™ macro accessory for cartography (SMAC) package implemented with SAS® software
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* Corresponding author: Allyson M Abrams allyson_abrams@harvardpilgrim.org
1 Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, USA
2 Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (CERT), HMO Research Network, Boston, USA
International Journal of Health Geographics 2007, 6:6 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-6
Published: 6 March 2007Additional files
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Sample text output from SaTScan. This is a sample text file generated as output from SaTScan. It contains detailed information about each cluster, as well as a summary of the parameters that were used to obtain these results.
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Sample cluster output from SaTScan. Most of the information about each cluster is available in column format from SaTScan, as seen here. Note that in the text file that SaTScan produces, there are no column headings.
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Sample GIS output from SaTScan. SaTScan also creates a text file with mapping information for use with GIS software. Here is an example. Again, note that there are no column headings in the SaTScan output.
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SAS code for inputdata macro. This section contains the SAS code for the inputdata macro described in this paper.
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SAS code for parameters macro. This section contains the SAS code for the parameters macro described in this paper.
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SAS code for map macro. This section contains the SAS code for the map macro described in this paper.
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SAS code for SMAC macro. This section contains the SAS code for the SMAC macro described in this paper.
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Parameter file generated by parameters macro. This is an example of a typical parameter file generated from the parameters macro.
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SAS macro to run SMAC package. This is a sample SAS macro which can be used to run the SMAC package many times.
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