Measuring the Performance of Telephone-Based Disease Surveillance Systems in Local Health Departments
Author(s) -
David J. Dausey,
Anita Chandra,
Agnes Gereben Schaefer,
Ben Bahney,
Amelia M. Haviland,
Sarah Zakowski,
Nicole Lurie
Publication year - 2008
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.2007.114710
Subject(s) - officer , phone , public health , random digit dialing , medicine , consistency (knowledge bases) , sample (material) , action (physics) , medical emergency , environmental health , nursing , computer science , population , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , philosophy , linguistics
We tested telephone-based disease surveillance systems in local health departments to identify system characteristics associated with consistent and timely responses to urgent case reports.
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