American Journal of Public Health · 1983 · 120 citations · 8 references
Disease ManagementPassive Surveillance SystemPrimary CarePreventive MedicineSurveillance ReportsPublic Health SystemClinical EpidemiologyPublic Health PracticeInfection ControlPublic HealthSyndromic SurveillanceHealth Services ResearchHealth PolicyVermont Health DepartmentDisease SurveillancePublic Health SurveillanceEpidemiologyPrimary Care OfficesWorkplace Health SurveillancePrimary Care ProvidersMedicineDisease Monitoring
Between June 1, 1980 and May 31, 1981, the Vermont Health Department telephoned a randomly chosen half of the state's primary care offices for surveillance reports of hepatitis, measles, rubella, and salmonellosis. No reports were actively solicited from the other half of the primary-care practices in the state. Active-surveillance units made more reports and more complete reports of diseases and had twice the number of reports per patient seen by the practice than did passive-surveillance units. (Am J Public Health 1983; 73:795-797.)
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