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    I Medical services for outpatients are well developed due to universal public health insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of outpatients provides very timely information to detect… read more
    … insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of … insurance. Even pa- tients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of … insurance. Even patients who have mild symptoms can visit a clinic freely in Japan. Thus the monitoring of …
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    We started an experimental syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer from this year so as to early detect bioterrorism attack (BTA). 
    … syndromic surveillance using 1)OTC and 2)outpatients visits, in the last year and included 3)ambulance transfer … _Surveillance_In_Japan_Using_Three_Aspects_Otc_Outpatients_Visits_And_Ambulance_Transfer.pdf 9 views Submitted by elamb … in Japan Using Three Aspects: OTC, Outpatients Visits and Ambulance Transfer Yasushi Ohkusa,Ph.D.1), Tamie …
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    The first prototype syndromic surveillance in Japan was used during the G8 summit meeting in 2000 with two local prefectures involved. The second trial syndromic surveillance and the first internet-based surveillance used in 2002… read more
    … medications, ambulance call, and outpatient visits were explored as syndromic approach candidates for … reporting frame work has been reviewed for outpatient visits daily reporting concurrently. Limited spread of … medications, ambulance call, and outpatient visits were explored as syndromic ap- proach candidates for …
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    Unfortunately, confirmation and notification of all A/H1N1 (2009) patients in Japan was ceased on 24 July when the cumulative number of patients was about 5000. After that, as all suspected patients are not necessarily confirmed or reported, the… read more
    … in Japan, we can assume that all symptomatic patients visit a doctor to receive oseltamivir or zanamivir on onset …
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    Infection Control Law in Japan has asked doctors to cooperate in syndromic surveillance for pandemic flu and smallpox since 2007. However, doctors have to report by typing the number of patients on the web site, or by sending a… read more
    … company, their health condition through PC or cellular phone. Though aberration signals are reported from statis- …