ABSTRACT
Once we have geocoded health-related data, what sort of questions can we answer? A wide variety of spatial analytic tools are available addressing different substantive questions of interest, so it is important to realize that the choice of analytic tool often predisposes the sort of question addressed. As a result, care must be taken in choosing an analytic approach that is appropriate to the question of interest and the available data. In the sections in this chapter, we provide an overview of common questions asked of georeferenced health data and associated statistical methods for answering those questions.
