Comparison of an Active and Passive Surveillance System of Primary Care Providers for Hepatitis, Measles, Rubella, and Salmonellosis in Vermont | Zendy

Richard L. Vogt | Zendy; Denise E LaRue | Zendy; Douglas N. Klaucke | Zendy; David A. Jillson | Zendy

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Comparison of an Active and Passive Surveillance System of Primary Care Providers for Hepatitis, Measles, Rubella, and Salmonellosis in Vermont

Author(s) -

Richard L. Vogt,

Denise E LaRue,

Douglas N. Klaucke,

David A. Jillson

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.73.7.795

Subject(s) - measles , medicine , rubella , primary care , environmental health , public health surveillance , hepatitis a , public health , epidemiologic surveillance , hepatitis a vaccine , family medicine , pediatrics , hepatitis , medical emergency , virology , vaccination , nursing

Between June 1, 1980 and May 31, 1981, the Vermont Health Department telephoned a randomly chosen half of the state's primary care offices for surveillance reports of hepatitis, measles, rubella, and salmonellosis. No reports were actively solicited from the other half of the primary-care practices in the state. Active-surveillance units made more reports and more complete reports of diseases and had twice the number of reports per patient seen by the practice than did passive-surveillance units. (Am J Public Health 1983; 73:795-797.)

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