Adapting Syndromic Surveillance Baselines After Public Health Interventions.
Roger Antony MorbeyAlex James ElliotGillian Elizabeth SmithAndre CharlettPublished in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2020)
Our results demonstrated the importance of adjusting surveillance baselines after public health interventions, particularly accounting for changes in seasonality. Adjusted baselines produced more representative expected values than did unadjusted baselines, resulting in fewer false alarms and a greater likelihood of detecting public health threats.