Electronic reporting improves timeliness and completeness of infectious disease notification, The Netherlands, 2003.

摘要: In 2002, the internet based reporting system OSIRIS was introduced in Netherlands and by end of that year had fully replaced paper-based system. The objectives were to improve timeliness completeness surveillance data on infectious diseases reported from regional national level. We compared conventional 2001 with those 2003. Two distinct types delay compared: total delay: defined as time between sympton onset at level central reporting. Median delays both systems using Wilcoxon Rank Sum-Test. also electronic reports received via 2003 through for specific fields. Fisher exact test Mantel-Haenzel Yates correction used determine significance proportions completed fields each