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Using Syndromic Surveillance Data for Enhanced Case-Capture of Conditions of Public Health Interest
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Syndromic surveillance can be a useful tool for the early recognition of outbreaks and trends in emergency department (ED) data. In addition, as a more timely data source than traditional disease reporting, syndromic data may also be… read more… from 8 hospitals. These data include: date and time of visit, age, zip code, chief complaint, mode of arrival, and … for the year 2006, representing 0.65% of all ED visits and an average of 7.9 ED visits to review per day. The most frequent conditions of …