Correcting for day of the week and public holiday effects: improving a national daily syndromic surveillance service for detecting public health threats

• প্রধান লেখক: Elizabeth Buckingham-Jeffery (লেখক), Roger Morbey (লেখক), Thomas House (লেখক), Alex J. Elliot (লেখক), Sally Harcourt (লেখক), Gillian E. Smith (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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Abstract Background As service provision and patient behaviour varies by day, healthcare data used for public health surveillance can exhibit large day of the week effects. These regular effects are further complicated by the impact of public holidays. Real-time syndromic surveillance requires the d...