Improving Disease Surveillance: Sentinel Surveillance Network Design and Novel Uses of Wikipedia
Authors | Geoffrey Colin Fairchild |
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Publication date | 2014 |
Links | Original |
Improving Disease Surveillance: Sentinel Surveillance Network Design and Novel Uses of Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2014, written by Geoffrey Colin Fairchild.
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Traditional disease surveillance systems are instrumental in guiding policymakers’ decisions and understanding disease dynamics. The first study in this dissertation looks at sentinel surveillance network design. Authors consider three locationallocation models: two based on the maximal coverage model (MCM) and one based on the K-median model. The MCM selects sites that maximize the total number of people within a specified distance to the site. The K-median model minimizes the sum of the distances from each individual to the individual’s nearest site. Using a ground truth dataset consisting of two million de-identified Medicaid billing records representing eight complete influenza seasons and an evaluation function based on the Huff spatial interaction model, authors empirically compare networks against the existing volunteer-based Iowa Department of Public Health influenza-like illness network by simulating the spread of influenza across the state of Iowa. Authors compare networks on two metrics: outbreak intensity (i.e., disease burden) and outbreak timing (i.e., the start, peak, and end of the epidemic). Authors show that it is possible to design a network that achieves outbreak intensity performance identical to the status quo network using two fewer sites. Authors also show that if outbreak timing detection is of primary interest, it is actually possible to create a network that matches the existing network’s performance using 42% fewer sites. Finally, in an effort to demonstrate the generic usefulness of these location-allocation models, authors examine primary stroke center selection. Authors describe the ineffectiveness of the current self-initiated approach
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