Collecting Data To Assess SARS Interventions

Collecting Data To Assess SARS Interventions

R. Douglas Scott, Edward W. Gregg, Martin I. Meltzer

With cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurring across geographic regions, data collection on the effectiveness of intervention strategies should be standardized to facilitate analysis. We propose a minimum dataset to capture data needed to examine the basic reproduction rate, case status and criteria, symptoms, and outcomes of SARS.

2004

severe acute respiratory syndrome, Program Effectiveness, cost effectiveness, dispatch

DOI: 10.3201/eid1007.030749

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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