In our study, these performances were achieved with the ICD10-consultation series when excluding the year 2009.
The best balance between specificity and mean timeliness was obtained with ICD10-consultations series: C2, k = 0.07, 1d (sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 95.7%, and mean timeliness = −1.7 day).
So, this type of bias should have more influence on the performances of the UrgIndex syndromic system than on ICD10-consultations series.
Using ICD10-consultations series, the timeliness of CUSUM algorithms ranged between −8.0 and 27 days, whereas the specificity ranged from 93.9 to 98.2%.
Using ICD10-consultations series, the timeliness of CUSUM algorithms that allowed the detection of all outbreaks period ranged between −32.3 and 9.8 days, whereas the specificity ranged from 84.3 to 93.2%.
The sensitivity analysis which consisted in excluding the year 2009, showed better results for both types of series except for mean timeliness in the ICD-10 consultation-series.
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An episode of care for neck pain is defined as a consultation or series of consultations with a health professional, for neck pain.
It is easy for practitioners to regard the guidelines with their associated checklists as prescriptive of what must be accomplished in a given consultation or series of consultations, rather than starting from the patient's existing knowledge and immediate concerns [ 15].
These consultations differed essentially from single consultations, first consultations in a series, and other follow-up consultations, in which the patient presented with a problem and the GP had to explore and find out what the patient required.
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