Open AccessVaccine preventable diseases: a regional surveillance can help improve data comparability between countries
Author(s) -
J C Desenclos
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.06.06.00203-en
Subject(s) - comparability , medicine , measles , environmental health , vaccine preventable diseases , vaccination , immunology , mathematics , combinatorics
The way that surveillance of a given disease is undertaken in Euro-pean countries varies greatly. Each study that has been undertaken on this subject so far has come to this conclusion, the variation between countries being related to many factors among which the organisation of the health care delivery plays a major role.