Syndromic surveillance during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak, New York, New York, USA

We compared emergency department and ambulatory care syndromic surveillance systems during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in New York City. Emergency departments likely experienced increases in influenza-like-illness significantly earlier than ambulatory care facilities because more patients soug...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2011-09, Vol.17 (9), p.1724-1726
Main Authors: Plagianos, Marlena Gehret, Wu, Winfred Y, McCullough, Colleen, Paladini, Marc, Lurio, Joseph, Buck, Michael D, Calman, Neil, Soulakis, Nicholas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data
Clinics
Dispatch
Electronic records
Emergency medicine
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Health aspects
Humans
influenza
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Influenza, Human - epidemiology
Influenza, Human - virology
New York
New York City - epidemiology
outbreaks
pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Pandemics
Population Surveillance
Statistics, Nonparametric
surveillance
viruses
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Summary:We compared emergency department and ambulatory care syndromic surveillance systems during the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 outbreak in New York City. Emergency departments likely experienced increases in influenza-like-illness significantly earlier than ambulatory care facilities because more patients sought care at emergency departments, differences in case definitions existed, or a combination thereof.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1709.101357