METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANONYMOUSLY TRACKING AND/OR ANALYSING HEALTH IN A POPULATION OF SUBJECTS

摘要

There is provided methods and systems for anonymously tracking and/or analysing transitioning, flow or movement of individual subjects between health states or health-related subject states. In particular, there is provided a computer-implemented method for enabling anonymous estimation of the amount and/or flow of individual subjects, referred to as individuals, in a population transitioning and/or moving and/or coinciding between two or more health states or health-related subject states. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S1) identifying data from two or more individuals; generating (S2), online and by one or more processors, an anonymized identifier for each individual; and storing (S3): the anonymized identifier of each individual together with data representing a health state or health-related subject state; and/or a skew measure of such an anonymized identifier.