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Communicable Diseases: the Reporting Law & Incidence in Southeastern Kentucky . Nurse Practitioner Meeting Jenny Wiley State Park August 6, 2005 Lyle B. Snider, Ph.D. Big Sandy Regional Public Health Epidemiologist. Who Submits the Communicable Disease Reports?.
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Communicable Diseases: the Reporting Law & Incidence in Southeastern Kentucky Nurse Practitioner Meeting Jenny Wiley State Park August 6, 2005 Lyle B. Snider, Ph.D. Big Sandy Regional Public Health Epidemiologist
Who Submits the Communicable Disease Reports? • Data on Reporting Agencies is VERY Difficult to Analyze – The Following Results Have a Large Margin of Error • 1,320 Cases • 67 Had NO Data Relating to Agency That Reported the Case • There Were ~1,625 Reports of the Remaining 1,250+ Cases Because Some Cases Were Reported by 2 or 3 Agencies • ~ 180 Agencies Reported Cases • ~80 Agencies Reported Only 1 Case
6 Agencies Made Half of Reports ~60 Cases, (4% of Total) Were Submitted by Ambulatory Care Practices: Lexington Clinic, Louisville Community Health Centers, Pediatricians, etc.
Is County Reporting Rate Related to Size of Hospital or Metro/Non-Metro Status? 2000 Census County Metro/Non-Metro Status & 2002 Acute Care Hospitals Non-metro Metro
2004 KY Communicable Disease Case Reports per 100,000 Population by Largest Hospital in County and Metro (Urban)/Non-Metro (Rural)