French National Health Insurance Information System for Malaria Surveillance

The estimated incidence of imported malaria in France is about 4,000 cases per year (1). The epidemiological surveillance of malaria in France is mainly based on a hospital laboratory surveillance network, which captures around 50% of cases. There is no comprehensive population surveillance. The SNIIRAM provides data about hospital stays and outpatient drug reimbursements, procedures, examinations and sickness leaves for almost the whole French population(2). We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of the SNIIRAM for implementing epidemiological surveillance of malaria.

Objective

Estimate the accuracy of the French ational ealth nsurance nformation ystem (SNIIRAM) as a support for a nationwide malaria surveillance