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Evaluating the performance of two alternative geographic surveillance schemes
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected by an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state (Iowa, USA) level. Historically, the Iowa Department of Public Health has maintained 19 different influenza sentinel… read more… maintained 19 different influenza sentinel surveillance sites. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the … of coverage for each of the n candidate surveillance sites, we greedily choose the m sites that result in the … In previous work, we showed that the MCM can be used for site placement. In this paper, we introduce an alternative … -
Comparing Methods for Sentinel Surveillance Site Placement
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Influenza-like illness (ILI) data is collected via an Influenza Sentinel Provider Surveillance Network at the state level. Because participation is voluntary, locations of the sentinel providers may not reflect optimal geographic placement. This… read more… used in geographic information systems. The MCM chooses sites in areas with the densest population. The K-median … average distance traveled by individuals to their nearest site. We have previously shown how a placement model can be … geographic information systems (GIS) (1). The MCM chooses sites in areas with the densest population. The K-median …