Performance of ehealth data sources in local influenza surveillance: A 5-year open cohort study

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Timpka, Toomas ^a   Spreco, Armin ^a   Dahlström, Örjan ^b   Eriksson, Olle ^b   Gursky, Elin ^c   Ekberg, Joakim ^a   Blomqvist, Eva ^b   Strömgren, Magnus ^d   Karlsson, David ^b   Eriksson, Henrik ^b   Nyce, James ^e   Hinkula, Jorma ^b   Holm, Einar ^d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ANSER   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EHealth; Google flu trends; Infectious disease surveillance; Influenza; Internet; Open cohort design; Public health; Telenursing call centers; Website usage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GOOGLE FLU TRENDS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN COHORT DESIGN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEARCH ENGINE; SWEDEN; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE; TELENURSING CALL CENTERS; VERY ELDERLY; WEBSITE USAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EHEALTH; GOOGLE FLU TRENDS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INFLUENZA; INTERNET; OPEN COHORT DESIGN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TELENURSING CALL CENTERS; WEBSITE USAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEARCH ENGINE; SWEDEN; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901389848     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3099     Document Type: Article

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