Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Research Letter

Use of Ambulance Dispatch Calls for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections

Susana Monge, Janneke Duijster, Geert Jan Kommer, Jan van de Kassteele, Gé A. Donker, Thomas Krafft, Paul Engelen, Jens P. Valk, Jan de Waard, Jan de Nooij, Wim van der Hoek, and Liselotte van AstenComments to Author 
Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (S. Monge); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (S. Monge, J. Duijster, G.J. Kommer, J. van de Kassteele, W. van der Hoek, L. van Asten); Nivel Primary Care Database, Utrecht, the Netherlands (G.A. Donker); Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands (T. Krafft); Meldkamersupport, Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands (P. Engelen); Dispatch Center Regional Ambulance Services Noord Nederland, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.P. Valk); University Medical Center, Groningen (J.P. Valk); Regional Ambulance Service Hollands Midden, Leiden, the Netherlands (J. de Waard, J. de Nooij)

Main Article

Figure

Observed and predicted weekly proportion of ambulance dispatch calls with respiratory syndromes from the multivariate models. The gray area represents the proportion that the model identifies as the baseline (i.e., attributable to unidentified factors); the colored area is the proportion of ambulance dispatch calls with respiratory syndromes attributed to influenza-like illness. The black line is the 5-week moving average of the observed proportion of respiratory syndromes. A) Overall; B) patien

Figure. Observed and predicted weekly proportion of ambulance dispatch calls with respiratory syndromes from the multivariate models. The gray area represents the proportion that the model identifies as the baseline (i.e., attributable to unidentified factors); the colored area is the proportion of ambulance dispatch calls with respiratory syndromes attributed to influenza-like illness. The black line is the 5-week moving average of the observed proportion of respiratory syndromes. A) Overall; B) patients <15 years of age; C) patients 15–64 years of age; D) patients >65 years of age; E) calls during office hours; F) calls during out of office hours; G) calls of urgency level A1.

Main Article

Page created: December 17, 2019
Page updated: December 17, 2019
Page reviewed: December 17, 2019
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external