Table 5.

Usage of BDA for the execution of public policy.

Major analytics	Key venues	Sources
Descriptive analytics	Descriptive analytics compiles historical data to find answers, spot trends in current operations and prepare the data for future analysis. Descriptive analytics is the basis for measuring occurrences, reporting and qualifying massive data for useful insight. By predicting the number of certain patients in a region, this form of analytics may be used to manage population health or pinpoint places where treatment may be improved.	[7]
Predictive analytics	Predictive analytics is used to foresee and comprehend potential future events by examining historical data patterns and trends. It can be used to forecast the weather, identify health services seeking people, and forecast outbreaks and epidemics.	[29,48]
Prescriptive analytics	Prescriptive analytics aid in choosing the optimal course of action. It is the most sophisticated kind of analytics, which goes beyond predicting what will happen in the future since it might help discover the most efficient risk-reduction tactics.	[2,20]