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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Public Health. 2014 Dec 18:e1-e4. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]System for Rapid Assessment of Pneumonia and Influenza-Related Mortality-Ohio, 2009-2010.[/h] Rodgers LE[SUP]1[/SUP], Paulson J, Fowler B, Duffy R.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Rapid mortality surveillance is critical for state emergency preparedness. To enhance timeliness during the 2009-2010 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, the Ohio Department of Health activated a drop-down menu within Ohio's Electronic Death Registration System for reporting of pneumonia- or influenza-related deaths approximately 5 days postmortem. We used International Classification of Diseases-Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, available 2-3 months postmortem as the standard, and assessed their agreement with drop-down-menu codes for pneumonia- or influenza-related deaths. Among 56 660 Ohio deaths during September 2009-March 2010, agreement was 97.9% for pneumonia (κ = 0.85) and 99.9% for influenza (κ = 0.79). Sensitivity was 80.2% for pneumonia and 73.9% for influenza. Drop-down menu coding enhanced timeliness while maintaining high agreement with ICD-10 codes. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 18, 2014: e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302231).
PMID: 25521902 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25521902
[h=1]System for Rapid Assessment of Pneumonia and Influenza-Related Mortality-Ohio, 2009-2010.[/h] Rodgers LE[SUP]1[/SUP], Paulson J, Fowler B, Duffy R.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Rapid mortality surveillance is critical for state emergency preparedness. To enhance timeliness during the 2009-2010 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, the Ohio Department of Health activated a drop-down menu within Ohio's Electronic Death Registration System for reporting of pneumonia- or influenza-related deaths approximately 5 days postmortem. We used International Classification of Diseases-Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, available 2-3 months postmortem as the standard, and assessed their agreement with drop-down-menu codes for pneumonia- or influenza-related deaths. Among 56 660 Ohio deaths during September 2009-March 2010, agreement was 97.9% for pneumonia (κ = 0.85) and 99.9% for influenza (κ = 0.79). Sensitivity was 80.2% for pneumonia and 73.9% for influenza. Drop-down menu coding enhanced timeliness while maintaining high agreement with ICD-10 codes. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 18, 2014: e1-e4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302231).
PMID: 25521902 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25521902