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A Suggestion to Improve Timely Feedback of Infectious Disease Surveillance Data at a Provincial Level in South Korea
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In South Korea, the NNDSS is organized at three levels: local, provincial, and central. At the local level, physicians report the cased to the Public Health Center (PHC) and PHC conduct control measures. At the provincial level, the PHC reports the… read more -
Using National Health Insurance Claims Data to Supplement Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System
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Introduction Infectious disease surveillance is very important as an element in public health system in the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Results of the Korean National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (KNNDSS) has contributed… read more -
A provincial Acute Febrile Illness Surveillance Network (GAFINet), South Korea
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In May 2015, the MERS-CoV outbreaks in South Korea was sparkled from a hospital of Gyeonggi-do province. In response to this outbreak, the provincial government and infectious disease control center (GIDCC) initiated an emergency department (ED)… read more -
How can we assess the effects of urban environment on obesity using aggregated data?
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Where we live' affects 'How we live'. Information about 'how one lives' collected from the public health surveillance data such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Neighborhood environment surrounding individuals affects their… read more