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  • Can all-cause school absenteeism be used to optimize the timing of school closure in response to pandemic influenza?

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    School closure has long been proposed as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in reducing the transmission of pandemic influenza. Children are thought to have high transmission potential because of their low immunity to circulating… read more
    … data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings.   … using data on the rate of influenza-related nurse visits in corresponding schools to validate our findings. … public schools in New York City from 6 September 2005 to 26 June 2009. A model-adjusted school-specific z-score was …
  • Evaluation of Clinical and Administrative Data to Augment Public Health Surveillance

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    Medical claims and EHR data sources offer the potential to ascertain disease and health risk behavior prevalence and incidence, evaluate the use of clinical services, and monitor changes related to public health interventions. Passage of the HITECH… read more
    … in healthcare utilization and preventive services that may be a result of the 2009 Health Reform legislation. … in healthcare utilization and preventive services that may be a result of the 2009 Health Reform legislation. …
  • A Novel Application of Syndromic Methods of Monitor Temporal Changes in the Specificity of an Oral HIV Test

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    To apply syndromic techniques in assessing whether the false-positive rate (FP rate) of a rapid oral HIV test, routinely used for screening in New York Cityís STD clinics, deviated from the manufacturerís claim; results of which have important… read more
    … monitoring the temporal pattern in test specificity and may help public health officials to better assess when a …