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The Value of Patient Reports in Syndrome Assignment
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Of critical importance to the success of syndromic surveillance systems is the ability to collect data in a timely manner and thus ensure rapid detection of disease outbreaks. Most emergency department-based syndromic surveillance systems use… read more… systems use information rou-tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints and physician … systems use information rou- tinely collected in patient care including patient chief complaints (CC) and physician diagnostic coding [1,2]. These sources of … -
Use of Surveillance Data to Measure the Impact of Viral Infections among Young Children
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Respiratory viruses cause substantial morbidity and costly resource utilization among young children, especially during the winter months. Accurate estimates of the impact of these viruses are important in guiding prevention efforts… read more… METHODS The setting was the ED of an urban tertiary care pe- diatric hospital. Two retrospective patient popula- … extrapolation to calculate population- based rates of ED visits for influenza and RSV and associated resource … admission 0.9 (0.4, 1.9) 11.8 (9.3, 14.9) Primary care visit 4.8 (3.7, 6.3) 23.2 (20.1, 26.6) Antibiotic use …