The Challenge of Mortality Surveillance in Pandemics—Imperfect Perceptions of Reality.

The author discusses a study by Khan and colleagues on the multiple system strategy by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include reason that the true incidences of disease and disease mortality at any given time...

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Published in:American Journal of Public Health Vol. 114; no. 10; pp. 963 - 966
Main Author: Lee, Andrew C. K.
Format: Editorial
Published: American Public Health Association Oct2024
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        affil: Andrew C. K. Lee is with the Division of Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, and the UK Health Security Agency, Leeds, UK.
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        Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
        Communicable diseases
        Public health surveillance
        Interprofessional relations
        Misinformation
        Help-seeking behavior
        Public health
        COVID-19 pandemic
        Prevention of epidemics
        COVID-19
        Health care teams
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          Public health surveillance
          Interprofessional relations
          Misinformation
          Help-seeking behavior
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          COVID-19 pandemic
          Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
          Administration of Public Health Programs
          Health and Welfare Funds
          Prevention of epidemics
          COVID-19
          Health care teams
      ab: The author discusses a study by Khan and colleagues on the multiple system strategy by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include reason that the true incidences of disease and disease mortality at any given time were difficult to determine with exact certainty, how the CDC's approach is compared with those used in other countries, and key questions that need to be answered.
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