Table 2 Comparison of influenza surveillance improvement strategies: Baseline and follow-up output values for hypothetical example
From: Strategies to improve global influenza surveillance: A decision tool for policymakers
Baseline | Follow-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Probability (%) | Time (days) | Probability (%) | Time (days) | ||
Detection from clinical sites | |||||
Path 1 | Doctor orders laboratory test | 0.15 | 23 | 16.0 | 15 |
Path 2 | Hospital orders laboratory test | 0.03 | 23 | 5.1 | 15 |
Path 3 | Reporting by sentinel doctor | 0.0 | 30 | 2.6 | 23 |
Path 4 | Reporting by sentinel hospital | 0.0 | 30 | 4.2 | 23 |
Path 5 | Active surveillance of doctors | 0.0 | 30 | 8.6 | 23 |
Path 6 | Active surveillance of hospitals | 0.0 | 30 | 4.6 | 23 |
Detection from community sites | |||||
Path 7 | Tracking of employee sick days | 0.0 | 35 | 8.6 | 28 |
Path 8 | Tracking of electronic media | 0.03 | 41 | 43.2 | 34 |
Path 9 | Detection by community-based monitoring system | 0.01 | 43 | 10.8 | 36 |