Can telehealth Ontario respiratory call volume be used as a proxy for emergency department respiratory visit surveillance by public health?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  van Dijk, Adam ^a,c   McGuinness, Don ^a   Rolland, Elizabeth ^a,b   Moore, Kieran M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KFL and A Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Public health; Respiratory illness; Syndromic surveillance; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELEHEALTH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 47249160342     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009969     Document Type: Article

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