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Volume
8: No. 4, July 2011
SPECIAL TOPIC
Chronic Disease Surveillance Systems Within the US Associated Pacific Island Jurisdictions
Figure 1 shows 2 primary groupings of potential data sources for chronic
disease surveillance: population-based sources and institution-based
sources. Population-based sources include census data, vital records, and
population health surveys. Institution-based sources include administrative
records,
health service records, and health system records.
Figure. Potential chronic disease surveillance data
sources. Chronic disease surveillance may include both population-based and
institution-based data sources. Population-based sources include census
data, vital records, and population health surveys. Institution-based
sources include administrative records (eg, tax revenues), health service
recorts (eg, occupational health), and health system records (eg, disease
registries).
Adapted from Health Metrics Network Framework
(www.who.int/healthmetrics/documents/hmn_framework200803.pdf).
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