Syndromic surveillance for emerging infections in office practice using billing data

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-358

  Sloane, Philip D ^a,b,f   MacFarquhar, Jennifer K ^c   Sickbert Bennett, Emily ^d   Mitchell, C Madeline ^b   Akers, Roger ^b   Weber, David J ^c   Howard, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^e Dayspring Family Medicine   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism surveillance; Communicable disease control; Disease surveillance; Methodological study; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESIDENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEES, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORTH CAROLINA; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT CREDIT AND COLLECTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 33746910280     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.547     Document Type: Article

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