Putting surveillance data into context: The role of health care utilization surveys in understanding population burden of pneumonia in developing countries

• Main Authors: Meredith Deutscher (Author), Chris Van Beneden (Author), Deron Burton (Author), Alvin Shultz (Author), Oliver W. Morgan (Author), Shadi Chamany (Author), Hannah T. Jordan (Author), Xingyou Zhang (Author), Brendan Flannery (Author), Daniel R. Feikin (Author), Beatrice Olack (Author), Kim A. Lindblade (Author), Robert F. Breiman (Author), Sonja J. Olsen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Surveillance is essential to estimating the global burden of pneumonia, yet differences in surveillance methodology and health care-seeking behaviors limit inter-country comparisons. Methods: Results were compared from community surveys measuring health care-seeking for pneumonia defined...