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Description of a school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system and comparison to emergency department visits, New York City

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  • Wilson, E.L.
  • Egger, J.R.
  • Konty, K.J.
  • Paladini, M.
  • Weiss, D.
  • Nguyen, T.Q.

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Objectives: We compared school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system data to emergency department (ED) visit data for monitoring illness in New York City schoolchildren. Methods: School nurse visit data recorded in an electronic health record system are used to conduct daily surveillance of influenza-like illness, fever-flu, allergy, asthma, diarrhea, and vomiting syndromes. We calculated correlation coefficients to compare the percentage of syndrome visits to the school nurse and ED for children aged 5 to 14 years, from September 2006 to June 2011. Results: Trends in influenza-like illness correlated significantly (correlation coefficient = 0.89; P

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  • Wilson, E.L. & Egger, J.R. & Konty, K.J. & Paladini, M. & Weiss, D. & Nguyen, T.Q., 2014. "Description of a school nurse visit syndromic surveillance system and comparison to emergency department visits, New York City," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 104(1), pages 50-56.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2013.301411_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301411
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