Monitoring of all-cause mortality in Belgium (Be-MOMO): a new and automated system for the early detection and quantification of the mortality impact of public health events

Bianca Cox (), Françoise Wuillaume, Herman Oyen and Sophie Maes

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 4, 259 pages

Abstract: The sensitivity of Be-MOMO to different health threats suggests its potential usefulness in early warning: mortality thresholds and baselines might serve as rapid tools for detecting and quantifying outbreaks, crucial for public health decision-making and evaluation of measures. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2010

Keywords: All-cause mortality monitoring; Outbreak detection; Threshold; Baseline; Excess (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0135-6

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