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Sensitivity and Specificity of ICD-9 Based Syndromic Surveillance System in a Rural Emergency Department, Michigan 2004
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The use of syndromic surveillance systems to assist with the timely detection of unusual health events first occurred prior to the events of September 11, 2001. In the State of Michigan a pilot project with emergency departments began collecting… read more… in subgroups including sex, age group, day of week of visit, month of visit, and resi- dency status to determine … syndromic group’s sensitivity and specificity using SAS (Cary, NC). Dummy variables and “where” statements to … Harvard Medical School, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Syndrome definitions for diseases associated with …