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A Flexible Space-Time Scan Statistic for Disease Outbreak Detection and Monitoring
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A time periodic geographic disease surveillance system based on a cylindrical space-time scan statistic proposed by Kulldorff [1] has been used extensively for disease surveillance along with the SaTScan software. This statistic is based on a… read more… the circular spatial scan statistic. However, due to the unlimited geometric freedom of cluster shapes, these … the circular spatial scan statistic. However, due to the unlimited geometric freedom of cluster shapes, these … -
A Comparison of Ambulatory Care and Emergency Department Encounters as Data Sources for Detection of Clusters of Lower Gastrointestinal Illness
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We sought to compare ambulatory care (AC) and emergency department (ED) data for the detection of clusters of lower gastrointestinal illness, using AC and ED data and AC+ED data combined, from two geographically separate health plans participating… read more… omitted if they occurred within 6 weeks of a previous visit to the same setting for LGI. Generalized linear mixed …