scholarly journals Epidemiological characteristics and the entire evolution of coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongming Wang ◽  
Jing Cai ◽  
Tingming Shi ◽  
Yang Xiao ◽  
Xiaobing Feng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Epidemiological Characteristics ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Overall Mortality

Abstract Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly around the world. We aimed to describe the epidemiological characteristics and the entire evolution of COVID-19 in Wuhan, and to evaluate the effect of non-pharmaceutical intervention by the government. Methods The information of COVID-19 cases until Mar 18, 2020 in Wuhan were collected from the national infectious disease surveillance system in Hubei province. Results A total of 49,973 confirmed cases were reported until Mar 18, 2020 in Wuhan. Among whom, 2496 cases died and the overall mortality was 5.0%. Most confirmed cases (25,619, 51.3%) occurred during Jan 23 to Feb 4, with a spike on Feb 1 (new cases, 3374). The number of daily new cases started to decrease steadily on Feb 19 (new cases, 301) and decreased greatly on Mar 1 (new cases, 57). However, the mortality and the proportion of severe and critical cases has been decreasing over time, with the lowest of 2.0 and 10.1% during Feb 16 to Mar 18, 2020, respectively. The percentage of severe and critical cases among all cases was 19.6%, and the percentage of critical and dead cases aged over 60 was 70.1 and 82.0%, respectively. Conclusion The number of new cases has dropped significantly after the government taking the isolation of four types of personnel and the community containment for 14 days. Our results indicate that the mortality and proportion of severe and critical cases gradually decreased over time, and critical and dead cases are more incline to be older individuals.

scholarly journals Using National Health Insurance Claims Data to Supplement Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heeyoung Lee ◽  
Kwan Lee ◽  
Seon-ju Yi ◽  
Gichan Park ◽  
Hwami Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
National Health Insurance ◽  
National Health ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Claims Data ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System

This study will determine opportunity of using the National Health Insurance (NHI) claims data for supplemental notifiable infectious disease surveillance system at national or regional levels.

scholarly journals Infectious disease surveillance system descriptors: proposal for a comprehensive set

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (27) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Beauté ◽  
Bruno Christian Ciancio ◽  
Takis Panagiotopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance ◽  
Disease Surveillance System ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Surveillance Scheme ◽  
Infectious Disease Surveillance System

To tailor a surveillance system to its objectives and to evaluate its fitness for purpose, an accurate description of its structural elements is essential. Existing recommendations for setting up a system seldom offer a comprehensive list of all surveillance elements to be considered. Moreover, there is sometimes confusion in the way terms describing these elements are interpreted. The objective of this paper is to propose a comprehensive set of surveillance system descriptors that can delineate the important elements and clarify the meaning of the terms used. We identified 20 descriptors that we classified in five categories: (i) surveillance scheme; (ii) population and cases; (iii) supplementary data; (iv) information flow; and (v) period of time. We tried to make the definitions of these descriptors as clear and simple as possible to avoid confusion or misinterpretation of the terms used. The relative importance of each element may vary depending on the objectives of the surveillance scheme. Surveillance descriptors should be reviewed periodically to document changes and to assess if the system continues to be fit for purpose. Together with the minimum requirements for variables and the planned outputs for disseminating the data, the surveillance descriptors can be used to define surveillance standards.

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