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Table  4 compares the strengths and weaknesses of the subnational model compared to the local and national model.

Systems following the subnational model are likely to differ in their setup because they are adjusted to the local accessibility and characteristics of data sources in each region.

Data on behavioural and social risk factors for hypertension were not available for LHOs and these factors were removed when specifying the subnational model.

Two criteria were used to modify the national model to obtain a subnational model that could be used to estimate prevalence for these subnational LHOs.

A subnational model consisting of only age was refit using the same observations as the national model so that the national and subnational models would produce consistent prevalence estimates.

Although the national model included four explanatory variables (age, BMI, smoking, and fruit and vegetable consumption), the subnational model only included age because age was the only explanatory variable for which data were available at LHO level.

These classification statistics are similar because both the national and subnational models include the strongest predictor of diagnosed hypertension – age.

Finally, the Reference Group is strongly encouraging those countries with large numbers of sites to move from national urban/rural models to subnational regional models, taking advantage of the large amount of data they have to provide more local information to guide local responses.

In the EU project "European Emergency Data Based System for Information on, Detection and Analysis of Risks and Threats to Health" (SIDARTHa), we developed a subnational syndromic surveillance implementation model based on three different emergency care data sources [ 67].

What are strengths and weaknesses of different implementation models for subnational syndromic surveillance in Europe?

In this framework, subnational or transnational authorities can be empowered through persistent allocation of investments and resources.