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Evaluating the Performance of a Spatial Scan Statistic Using Simulated Outbreak Characteristics
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Research evaluating the use of spatial data for surveillance purposes is ongoing and evolving. As spatial methods evolve, it is important to characterize their effectiveness in real-world settings. Assessing the performance of… read more… outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a … on injecting synthetic outbreak data (signal) into actual back- ground visit data.1,2,3 These studies focused on either temporal … outbreak data (signal) into actual background visit data. These studies focused on either temporal data, a … -
Privacy Protection versus Cluster Detection in Spatial Epidemiology
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With the widespread deployment of near real time population health monitoring, there is increasing focus on spatial cluster detection for identifying disease outbreaks. These spatial epidemiologic methods rely on knowledge of patient location to… read more… tions, significant clusters contained fewer additional ED visit points (i.e., points that were not part of the …