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The validity of emergency department influenza-like-illness (ILI) for laboratory-confirmed influenza in children
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Syndromic surveillance systems use electronic health-related data to support near-real time disease surveillance. Over the last 10 years, the use of ILI syndromes defined from emergency department (ED) data has become an increasingly accepted… read more… 2003�04 influenza season, which had relatively less co-circula- tion of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) com- pared to most years, and (2) the ‘‘concomitant’’ … seasons (excluding 2003�04), when influenza and RSV co-circulation was high. Analyses during the concomitant … -
In data we trust? An evaluation of the quality of influenza hospital admissions data gathered by automated versus manual reporting
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The Washington Comprehensive Hospital Abstract Reporting System (CHARS) has collected discharge data from billing systems for every inpatient admitted to every hospital in the state since 1987 [1]. The purpose of the system is to provide data for… read more… 1. Center for Health Statistics Hospital Data. http://www.doh. wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm Accessed July 8, … of seasonal flu. Adv Dis Surveill. 2008;5: 161. http://www.isdsjournal.org/articles/3202.pdf. Acc- essed August 1, … 2011, 4: 11019 - DOI: 10.3402/ehtj.v4i0.11019 http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehsphl/hospdata/chars.htm …