Table 2 Summary of emergency department syndromic surveillance systems (EDSyS) included in the review, by country/territory, with source and format of information used to define syndromic indicators and of areas of public health surveillance supported the EDSyS
From: Emergency department syndromic surveillance systems: a systematic review
Country/territory | Syndromic indicator | Infectious diseases | Extreme weather | Other non-infectious | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sourcea | Format | Respiratory | Influenza | Gastrointestinal | Heat | Cold | Injury/trauma | alcohol | drug | |
Albania | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
Australia | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Canada | chief complaint | text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
China | chief complaint | coded | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
France | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
Greece | chief complaint | pick list | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
Italy | chief complaint | text/coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
Jamaica | “daily analysed data” | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | |
Republic of Korea | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
New Zealand | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Singapore | unknown | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
Spain | chief complaint | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
Taiwan | chief complaint | text/ coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
UKb | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
USA | chief complaint | text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |