Benefit-cost analysis of active surveillance of primary care physicians for hepatitis A
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11038523 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M W Hinds, J W Skaggs, G H Bergeisen |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-177 |
| Publication date | 1985-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.75.2.176 |
| PMID | 3917619 |
| OpenAlex | W2076091208 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
We identified two random samples of 216 primary care physicians each. In one sample, we made weekly telephone contact for active hepatitis A (HA) surveillance; in the other, we made no such contact (passive surveillance). Appropriate county health departments were notified whenever we identified a HA case by active surveillance. Active surveillance was associated with a 2.8-fold increase in reported HA cases compared to passive surveillance. The estimated benefit: cost ratio active/passive surveillance was 2.5:1
Active monitoring · Environmental health · Epidemiological surveillance · Family medicine · Health Surveillance · Hepatitis · Medical emergency · Medical surveillance · Primary care · Public health · Public health surveillance · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Viral Infections and Vectors
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |