Population Surveillance - Methods
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

[Repeated prevalence investigations of nursing home-associated infections as a tool to assess the hygienic quality of care]

29 Sep 2009 The rate of healthcare-associated infections can be regarded as an important outcome parameter of the hygienic quality of care in nursing homes. Our study aimed to evaluate the applicability of repeated prevalence investigations as a tool for ... Read more...

Risk factors for 24-hour mortality after traumatic rib fractures owing to motor vehicle accidents: a nationwide population-based study.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Accurate identification of patients at high risk of death as a result of major chest trauma is essential within a trauma system. We used 3-year population-based data in Taiwan to evaluate risk factors associated with 24-hour mortality ... Read more...

An evaluation of the sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia.

28 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: World Health Organization (WHO) targets for acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, including the notification of a minimum rate of AFP among children, are used to assess the adequacy of AFP surveillance for the detection of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Population Surveillance - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Population-based surveillance of infectious endocarditis in an Italian region. 10 Oct 2009
• A new global monitoring system for food insecurity? 8 Oct 2009
• [Repeated prevalence investigations of nursing home-associated infections as a tool to assess the hygienic quality of care] 29 Sep 2009
• Risk factors for 24-hour mortality after traumatic rib fractures owing to motor vehicle accidents: a nationwide population-based study. 29 Sep 2009
• An evaluation of the sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia. 28 Sep 2009
• Support by New Zealand smokers for new types of smokefree areas: national survey data. 23 Sep 2009
• Alcohol and injury: a survey in primary care settings. 23 Sep 2009
• Alcohol-related harm to others: a survey of physical and sexual assault in New Zealand. 23 Sep 2009
• Survey reveals health impact of downturn. 19 Sep 2009
• Monitoring ovarian cancer: CA125 trial stirs controversy. 6 Sep 2009
• Regarding the need, or lack thereof, of a comparator group for pregnancy registries. 30 Aug 2009
• Rotavirus infection in neonates at a university hospital in Korea. 30 Aug 2009
• Active surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the neonatal intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Control of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus: Survey of practices in North Carolina hospitals. 30 Aug 2009
• Challenges and priorities for surveillance of stillbirths: a report on two workshops. 30 Aug 2009
• An analysis of a short-lived outbreak of dengue fever in Mauritius. 25 Aug 2009
• [The shadow of the influenza A (H1N1) in Mecca] 24 Aug 2009
• What can public health surveillance of emergency department presentations for acute alcohol problems tell us about social trends in drinking behaviour? 15 Aug 2009
• How to maintain surveillance for novel influenza A H1N1 when there are too many cases to count. 9 Aug 2009
• [Management of a new influenza A/H1N1 virus pandemic within the hospital: statement of the German Society of Pneumology] 5 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Population Surveillance'

Definition: Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.

Descriptor UI: D011159

Alternative terms: Population Surveillance; Surveillance, Population; Public Health Surveillance; Surveillance, Public Health;

Allowable Qualifiers: methods;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.250.700; N05.715.360.300.375.625; N06.850.520.308.250.700; N06.850.780.675;

History Note: 67(65)

Technical Notes: IM human, NIM animal; specify geog