Establishing an ICD-10 code based SARI-surveillance in Germany - Description of the system and first results from five recent influenza seasons

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Buda, S ^a   Tolksdorf, K ^a   Schuler, E ^b   Kuhlen, R ^b   Haas, W ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b HELIOS Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital surveillance; ICD 10 codes; Influenza; Severe acute respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021641522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4515-1     Document Type: Article

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