Assessment of the French National Health Insurance Information System as a tool for epidemiological surveillance of malaria
Author(s) -
François Delon,
Aurélie Mayet,
Marc Théllier,
Éric Kendjo,
R. Michel,
Lénaïck Ollivier,
Gilles Châtellier,
G. Desjeux
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the american medical informatics association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.614
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-974X
pISSN - 1067-5027
DOI - 10.1093/jamia/ocw164
Subject(s) - malaria , epidemiology , epidemiological surveillance , population , medicine , identification (biology) , environmental health , public health surveillance , public health , computer science , medical emergency , pathology , biology , botany
Epidemiological surveillance of malaria in France is based on a hospital laboratory sentinel surveillance network. There is no comprehensive population surveillance. The objective of this study was to assess the ability of the French National Health Insurance Information System to support nationwide malaria surveillance in continental France.
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