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Modeling and Syndromic Surveillance for Estimating Weather-Induced Heat-Related Illness
Joint Authors
Moore, Kieran M.
Korenberg, Michael J.
Perry, Alexander G.
Hall, Geoffrey G.
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper compares syndromic surveillance and predictive weather-based models for estimating emergency department (ED) visits for Heat-Related Illness (HRI).
A retrospective time-series analysis of weather station observations and ICD-coded HRI ED visits to ten hospitals in south eastern Ontario, Canada, was performed from April 2003 to December 2008 using hospital data from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) database, ED patient chief complaint data collected by a syndromic surveillance system, and weather data from Environment Canada.
Poisson regression and Fast Orthogonal Search (FOS), a nonlinear time series modeling technique, were used to construct models for the expected number of HRI ED visits using weather predictor variables (temperature, humidity, and wind speed).
Estimates of HRI visits from regression models using both weather variables and visit counts captured by syndromic surveillance as predictors were slightly more highly correlated with NACRS HRI ED visits than either regression models using only weather predictors or syndromic surveillance counts.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Perry, Alexander G.& Korenberg, Michael J.& Hall, Geoffrey G.& Moore, Kieran M.. 2011. Modeling and Syndromic Surveillance for Estimating Weather-Induced Heat-Related Illness. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Perry, Alexander G.…[et al.]. Modeling and Syndromic Surveillance for Estimating Weather-Induced Heat-Related Illness. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Perry, Alexander G.& Korenberg, Michael J.& Hall, Geoffrey G.& Moore, Kieran M.. Modeling and Syndromic Surveillance for Estimating Weather-Induced Heat-Related Illness. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-495744
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-495744