Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Final Amendments to Provisional Disease Counts

This article examines temporal and spatial patterns in the relationship between provisional and amended reports for Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B received from each state by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the U.S. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System from 1980 to 19...

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Published in:Journal of public health management and practice 1999-05, Vol.5 (3), p.68-83
Main Authors: Smallman-Raynor, Matthew, Cliff, Andrew D., Haggett, Peter, Stroup, Donna F., Williamson, G. David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Health technology assessment
Hepatitis A - epidemiology
Hepatitis B - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Population Surveillance - methods
Space-Time Clustering
Telecommunications
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:This article examines temporal and spatial patterns in the relationship between provisional and amended reports for Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B received from each state by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the U.S. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System from 1980 to 1992. It demonstrates that, as the 1980s unfolded, the preliminary disease reports became less representative markers of final disease counts. Practitioners at the state and community levels need to be aware of the temporal and spatial instabilities in such provisional data if they are used to provide early warning of contemporary health aberrations.
ISSN:1078-4659
1550-5022
DOI:10.1097/00124784-199905000-00011