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An analysis of disease surveillance data that uses the geographic locations of the reporting units
Author(s) -
Raubertas Richard F.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
statistics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.996
H-Index - 183
eISSN - 1097-0258
pISSN - 0277-6715
DOI - 10.1002/sim.4780080306
Subject(s) - cusum , statistic , computer science , disease surveillance , geographic information system , scan statistic , data mining , statistics , disease , geography , cartography , medicine , mathematics , pathology
The primary purpose of a disease surveillance system is to provide data for the detection of changes in the incidence of the disease. Methods for the analysis of data from surveillance systems are reviewed. A new procedure is proposed for use when the system includes geographically dispersed reporting units, such as hospitals or administrative regions. The method is based on the cusum statistic, and combines information from different units according to their geographic relationships.