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Table 3 Model coefficients for the Extended Huff model, 2015, Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance (se standard error, P peripheral, H Hospital, *represents an interaction term)

From: Incidence estimation from sentinel surveillance data; a simulation study and application to data from the Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance

Fixed effects: mean (se)

Campylobacter spp.

Rotavirus

Influenza

Y. enterocolitica

Intercept

0.16 (0.06)

0.31 (0.09)

0.43 (0.19)

0.31 (0.10)

Distance

− 2.52 (0.03)

−1.96 (0.02)

−2.64 (0.03)

−0.89 (0.02)

Reimbursements

0.42 (0.06)

0.31 (0.10)

0.18 (0.08)

0.19 (0.09)

Lab-concept P (vs H)

−0.14 (0.14)

−0.21 (0.25)

−1.09 (0.86)

− 0.33 (0.31)

Labs in Radius

−0.10 (0.05)

− 0.16 (0.08)

−0.11 (0.13)

− 0.02 (0.07)

Distance * Labs in Radius

0.16 (0.04)

0.425 (0.03)

0.40 (0.05)

0.24 (0.03)

Number of departments

1.74 (0.27)

0.49 (0.44)

1.02 (0.92)

−0.18 (0.24)

Borders: Brussels (vs ‘all else’)

−1.05 (0.20)

−1.95 (0.28)

−4.94 (0.39)

−2.18 (0.14)

Borders: Same (vs ‘all else’)

−0.05 (0.04)

−0.15 (0.03)

− 0.08 (0.04)

−0.05 (0.02)

Random effects: mean (se) of the precision

Campylobacter spp.

Rotavirus

Influenza

Y. enterocolitica

Lab-effect

11.26 (3.50)

4.12 (1.30)

0.67 (0.17)

2.7 (0.61)