Telephone triage service data for detection of influenza-like illness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Yih, W Katherine ^a   Teates, Kathryn S ^b,e   Abrams, Allyson ^a   Kleinman, Ken ^a   Kulldorff, Martin ^a   Pinner, Robert ^c,f   Harmons, Robert ^d,g   Wang, Stanley ^b,h   Platt, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d OPTUM   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g Duval County Health Department   (United States)

^h NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449119176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005260     Document Type: Article

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