Patient registration is based on notification on a weekly basis of all newly diagnosed malignancies by the automated national pathology archive and a yearly link with the national registry of hospital discharge diagnoses.
Cancer recording is based on notifications of malign pathology by the computerised national histopathological database (PALGA).
Registration is based on notification forms completed by hospital departments and practicing physicians whenever a case of cancer is diagnosed or found at autopsy and whenever there are changes in an initial diagnosis.
‡Sch-LCC is based on notifications of laboratory confirmed cases of pdmH1N1 by all schools, Sch-FRI is self-reported febrile respiratory illness in the 6 sentinel schools, and Sch-FRI-adj is Sch-FRI adjusted to remove possible contribution from non-pdmH1N1 causes using FRI incidence from week 38 as a proxy for baseline incidence.
Sixth, the classification as 'Q fever-affected area' or 'area not affected by Q fever' was based on notifications of acute Q fever.
The classification 'Q fever-affected area' or 'area not affected by Q fever' was based on notifications of acute Q fever.
Review committee will be selected based on notifications of intent.
Published data on the incidence of salmonella infections are generally based on notifications of stool culture-confirmed cases [ 1, 2].
Routine surveillance systems, based on notifications of the infectious disease, need to be timely to activate prophylactic control measures and often are not accurate in terms of aetiology, furthermore, they are intrinsically affected by under-reporting [ 6].
The registration is based on notification forms that are completed by hospital departments (including departments of pathology and forensic medicine) and practicing physicians whenever a case of cancer is diagnosed or found at autopsy, and whenever changes to the initial diagnosis are made.
The estimation of disease rates based on notification data is also limited by the effect of awareness and screening programs which are often targeted at high-risk groups, and the inclusion of cases associated with contact tracing and follow-up activities as a result of screening or case reports.
