Benchmarking national surveillance systems: A new tool for the comparison of communicable disease surveillance and control in Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-380

  Reintjes, Ralf ^a,b   Thelen, Martina ^a   Reiche, Ralf ^c   Csohán, Ágnes ^d  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c Sci Inst of the German Med Assoc   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Communicable disease surveillance systems; European Union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EUROPE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 34547785559     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl256     Document Type: Article

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