Patient, physician, encounter, and billing characteristics predict the accuracy of syndromic surveillance case definitions

• Main Authors: Cadieux Geneviève (Author), Buckeridge David L (Author), Jacques André (Author), Libman Michael (Author), Dendukuri Nandini (Author), Tamblyn Robyn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Syndromic surveillance systems are plagued by high false-positive rates. In chronic disease monitoring, investigators have identified several factors that predict the accuracy of case definitions based on diagnoses in administrative...