Assessment of the French National Health Insurance Information System as a tool for epidemiological surveillance of malaria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Epidemiological surveillance of malaria in France is based on a hospital laboratory sentinel surveillance network. There is no comprehensive population surveillance. The objective of this study was to assess the ability of the French National Health Insurance Information System to support nationwide malaria surveillance in continental France.

Materials and methods

A case identification algorithm was built in a 2-step process. First, inclusion rules giving priority to sensitivity were defined. Then, based on data description, exclusion rules to increase specificity were applied. To validate our results, we compared them to data from the French National Reference Center for Malaria on case counts, distribution within subgroups, and disease onset date trends.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Delon F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7651946 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature