Supplementing Tuberculosis Surveillance with Automated Data from Health Maintenance Organizations

Data collected by health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which provide care for an increasing number of persons with tuberculosis (TB), may be used to complement traditional TB surveillance. We evaluated the ability of HMO-based surveillance to contribute to overall TB reporting through the use of...

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Main Authors: Deborah S. Yokoe, Girish S. Subramanyan, Edward Nardell, Sharon Sharnprapai, Eugene McCray, Richard Platt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999-12-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/6/99-0606_article