@article{6b4807f86b264f19ace14ee72576ac3d,
title = "Use of Ambulance Dispatch Calls for Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections",
abstract = "Ambulance dispatches for respiratory syndromes reflect incidence of influenza-like illness in primary care. Associations are highest in children (15%-34% of respiratory calls attributable to influenza), out-of-office hours (9%), and highest urgency-level calls (9%-11%). Ambulance dispatches might be an additional source of data for severe influenza surveillance.",
author = "S. Monge and J. Duijster and G.J. Kommer and {van de Kassteele}, J. and G.A. Donker and T. Krafft and P. Engelen and J.P. Valk and {de Waard}, J. and {de Nooij}, J. and {van der Hoek}, W. and {van Asten}, L.",
note = "Funding Information: Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (S. Monge); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands (S. Monge, J. Duijster, G.J. Kommer, J. van de Kassteele, W. van der Hoek, L. van Asten); Nivel Primary Care Database, Utrecht, the Netherlands (G.A. Donker); Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands (T. Krafft); Meldkamersupport, Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands (P. Engelen); Dispatch Center Regional Ambulance Services Noord Nederland, Groningen, the Netherlands (J.P. Valk); University Medical Center, Groningen (J.P. Valk); Regional Ambulance Service Hollands Midden, Leiden, the Netherlands (J. de Waard, J. de Nooij) Funding Information: This work was funded from the regular budget of the Dutch Centre for Infectious Disease Control, made available by the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport, project number V/150207. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3201/eid2601.181520",
language = "English",
volume = "26",
pages = "148--150",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "1",
}