Measuring the performance of telephone-based disease surveillance systems in local health departments

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1706-1711

  Dausey, David J ^a,b   Chandra, Anita ^b   Schaefer, Agnes G ^b   Bahney, Ben ^b   Haviland, Amelia ^b   Zakowski, Sarah ^b   Lurie, Nicole ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TELEPHONE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51549097367     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.114710     Document Type: Article

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