ANALYSES ON TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL CLUSTERING AND CHANGING TREND OF HCV IN MAINLAND OF CHINA
Author(s)
Guo Y1, Sun HQ1, Yu SC1, Ma JQ1, Xiao GX2
1Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China, 2China National Center For Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China
OBJECTIVES Analyzing population distribution, temporal and spatial clustering, and changing trend of Hepatitis C Virus（HCV） in order to provide the evidence-based decision making for the control and prevention of HCV. METHODS HCV cases were extracted from the National Diseases Reporting System of China CDC between 2008 and 2013. Spatial scanning unit was 2886 districts/counties in mainland China; temporal scanning unit was month, and time span was from Jan 2008 to Dec 2013. Kulldorff scan statistic was applied, and analyses were conducted by SaTScanTM
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PIN121
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health
Topic Subcategory
Public Health
Disease
Infectious Disease (non-vaccine)