Use of outcomes to evaluate surveillance systems for bioterrorist attacks

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  McBrien, Kerry A ^a,b   Kleinman, Ken P ^c   Abrams, Allyson M ^c   Prosser, Lisa A ^c,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951956199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-25     Document Type: Article

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