Improving disease incidence estimates in primary care surveillance systems

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Souty, Cécile ^a,b   Turbelin, Clément ^a,b   Blanchon, Thierry ^a,b   Hanslik, Thomas ^a,c,d   Le Strat, Yann ^e   Boëlle, Pierre Yves ^a,b,f  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Adjustment; General practitioners; Incidence estimation; Sentinel network; Surveillance; Volume of consultations

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH MONITORING; NATIONAL STRATEGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CONSULTATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84904526868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0019-8     Document Type: Article

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