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Employment and Commuting Data for the Simulation of Pandemics

Description

Evidence suggests that transmission within the workplace contributes significantly to the magnitude of a pandemic flu epidemic. A significant number of large organizations have a pandemic plan in place which may help in controlling this manner of transmission. These plans typically include telecommuting and other measures to reduce the need to physically commute to the workplace. Good data are needed in order to obtain valid results from simulation models and to be able to assess the effect of reductions in commuting.

 

Objective

The objective in this study was to explore data on employment and commuting from different sources, using statistical analytic techniques together with geographical experts to obtain information to be provided to modelers in order to help them improve the employment and commuting component of their models, determine potential issues related to these data, and identify problem areas where further investigation is needed.

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