Table 1 Summary of Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance (EDSyS) systems by country/territory, detailing the number of systems, start date, coverage, initial design aim and the number (and type) of studies identified in this review
From: Emergency department syndromic surveillance systems: a systematic review
Country/territory | Number of systems | Earliest start yeara | Coverage of individual system(s) | Initial design of system(s) | Number of studies identifiedb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Subnational | Aim | Event type | Journal papers | ISDS abstracts | |||
Albania | 1 | 2013a | ✓ | – | Standard surveillance | No specific event | 1 | 0 |
Australia | 3 | 2003 | – | ✓ | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 18 | 2 |
Standard surveillance | No specific event | |||||||
Canada | 19 | 2002 | – | ✓ | Preparation | Mass gathering (religious) | 14 | 18 |
Standard surveillance | No specific event | |||||||
China | 2 | 2004a | – | ✓ | Response | Outbreak (SARS) | 0 | 2 |
France | 1 | 2004 | ✓ | – | Response | Natural disaster (heatwave) | 7 | 25 |
Greece | 1 | 2002 | – | ✓ | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 0 | 2 |
Italy | 2 | 2000 | – | ✓ | Standard surveillance | No specific event | 5 | 0 |
Jamaica | 1 | 2007 | ✓ | – | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 0 | 1 |
Republic of Korea | 1 | 2002 | ✓ | – | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 2 | 1 |
Standard surveillance | No specific event | |||||||
New Zealand | 1 | 2008 | – | ✓ | Standard surveillance | No specific event | 2 | 0 |
Singapore | 1 | 2013a | ✓ | – | – | – | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 2010a | – | ✓ | Standard surveillance | No specific event | 2 | 0 |
Taiwan | 2 | 2003 | ✓ | ✓ | Response | Outbreak (SARS) | 3 | 5 |
UKc | 1 | 2010 | ✓ | – | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 15 | 3 |
USA | 78 | 1999 | ✓ | ✓ | Preparation | Mass gathering (sport) | 67 | 365 |
Mass gathering (political) | ||||||||
Natural disaster (hurricane) | ||||||||
Response | Terrorism | |||||||
Outbreak (SARS) | ||||||||
Standard surveillance | Health surveillance requirements | |||||||
No specific event | ||||||||