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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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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spelling	doaj-11283a9bf34c41168e114649b991f0892020-11-24T21:50:07ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592015-09-012191632163410.3201/eid2109.150344Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USAJoshua L. ClaytonStephen G. JonesJohn R. DunnWilliam SchaffnerTimothy F. JonesLyme 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0344_articleLyme diseaseBorrelia burgdorferipublic health surveillancebacteriaTenneseeUnited States
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spellingShingle	Joshua L. Clayton Stephen G. Jones John R. Dunn William Schaffner Timothy F. Jones Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA Emerging Infectious Diseases Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi public health surveillance bacteria Tennesee United States
author_facet	Joshua L. Clayton Stephen G. Jones John R. Dunn William Schaffner Timothy F. Jones
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title	Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA
title_short	Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA
title_full	Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA
title_fullStr	Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA
title_sort	enhancing lyme disease surveillance by using administrative claims data, tennessee, usa
publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series	Emerging Infectious Diseases
issn	1080-6040 1080-6059
publishDate	2015-09-01
description	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.
topic	Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi public health surveillance bacteria Tennesee United States
url	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/9/15-0344_article
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Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA

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