Open AccessUnder-reporting of measles: an evaluation based on data from north rhine-westphalia.
Author(s) -
Annedore Mette,
Annicka Reuß,
Marcel Feig,
Lutz Kappelmayer,
Anette Siedler,
Tim Eckmanns,
Gabriele Poggensee
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.436
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1866-0452
DOI - 10.3238/arztebl.2011.0191
Subject(s) - measles , medicine , outbreak , incidence (geometry) , pediatrics , population , demography , family medicine , environmental health , vaccination , virology , physics , sociology , optics
Eliminating measles in Europe by 2015 is a WHO health goal. In Germany, physicians are legally required to report measles cases, yet it seems likely that reporting is less than universal. The goal of this study is to compare the number of measles cases that are reflected by data from the statutory health insurance (SHI) carriers with the number of physician-reported cases during and after a recent outbreak in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).