Data Source Concordance for Infectious Disease Epidemiology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are eager to make use of a wide variety of data sources, both government-sponsored and alternative, to characterize the epidemiology of infectious diseases. To date, few studies have investigated the strengths and limitations of sources currently being used for such research. These are critical for policy makers to understand when interpreting study findings.

Methods

To fill this gap in the literature, we compared infectious disease reporting for three diseases (measles, mumps, and varicella) across four different data sources: Optum (health insurance billing claims data), HealthMap (online news surveillance data), Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (official government reports), and National Notifiable Dise

SUBMITTER: Majumder M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9176660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature