Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA

Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA

Lyme disease is underreported in the United States. We used insurance administrative claims data to determine the value of such data in enhancing case ascertainment in Tennessee during January 2011–June 2013. Although we identified ≈20% more cases of Lyme disease (5/year), the method was resource in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joshua L. Clayton, Stephen G. Jones, John R. Dunn, William Schaffner, Timothy F. Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
public health surveillance
bacteria
Tennesee
United States
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0344_article
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Summary:Lyme disease is underreported in the United States. We used insurance administrative claims data to determine the value of such data in enhancing case ascertainment in Tennessee during January 2011–June 2013. Although we identified ≈20% more cases of Lyme disease (5/year), the method was resource intensive and not sustainable in this low-incidence state.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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