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The utility of inpatient data obtained from regional health information organizations for pneumonia and influenza surveillance
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Hospital discharge data received by public health agencies has a reporting lag time of greater than six months. This data is often used retrospectively to conduct surveillance to assess severity of illness and outcome, and for… read more… days, and 96% within 30 days of discharge. There were 26,514 matched patients, who accounted for 99% of the SPARCS … filtered diag- nosis. Fourteen (6.5%) patients did not have a matching ICD-9 filtered SPARCS diagnosis. … well. Adding P and I text filters to RHIO A diagnosis did not significantly improve pneumonia or influenza case …