Comparing syndromic surveillance detection methods: EARS' versus a CUSUM-based methodology

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3407-3429

  Fricker Jr , Ronald D ^a   Hegler, Benjamin L ^a   Dunfee, David A ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosurveillance; CUSUM; Early aberration reporting system; Syndromic surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE SUMMATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY ABERRATION REPORTING SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 47349124285     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3197     Document Type: Article

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