Syndromic Surveillance of Acute Gastroenteritis Using the French Health Insurance Database: Discriminatory Algorithm and Drug Prescription Practices Evaluations

Syndromic Surveillance of Acute Gastroenteritis Using the French Health Insurance Database: Discriminatory Algorithm and Drug Prescription Practices Evaluations

The French national public health agency (Santé publique France) has used data from the national health insurance reimbursement system (SNDS) to identify medicalised acute gastroenteritis (mAGE) for more than 10 years. This paper presents the method developed to evaluate this system: performance and...

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Main Authors: Frederic Bounoure, Damien Mouly, Pascal Beaudeau, Malek Bentayeb, Julie Chesneau, Gabrielle Jones, Mohamed Skiba, Malika Lahiani-Skiba, Catherine Galey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
syndromic surveillance
acute gastroenteritis
waterborne outbreak
health insurance reimbursement database
drug prescription
France
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4301

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