Real-time monitoring of COVID-19 in Scotland.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Scotland
coronavirus
disease burden
surveillance
Journal
The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
ISSN: 2042-8189
Titre abrégé: J R Coll Physicians Edinb
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101144324
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2021
06 2021
Historique:
entrez:
29
6
2021
pubmed:
30
6
2021
medline:
29
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To manage the public health risk posed by COVID-19 and assess the impact of interventions, policymakers must be able to closely monitor the epidemic's trajectory. Here we present a simple methodology based on basic surveillance metrics for monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and its burden on health services in Scotland. We examine how the dynamics of the epidemic have changed over time and assess the similarities and differences between metrics. We illustrate how our method has been used throughout the epidemic in Scotland, explore potential biases and conclude that our method has proven to be an effective tool for monitoring the epidemic's trajectory.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
To manage the public health risk posed by COVID-19 and assess the impact of interventions, policymakers must be able to closely monitor the epidemic's trajectory.
METHODS
Here we present a simple methodology based on basic surveillance metrics for monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and its burden on health services in Scotland.
RESULTS
We examine how the dynamics of the epidemic have changed over time and assess the similarities and differences between metrics.
DISCUSSION
We illustrate how our method has been used throughout the epidemic in Scotland, explore potential biases and conclude that our method has proven to be an effective tool for monitoring the epidemic's trajectory.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34185034
doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.237
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
S20-S25Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
No conflict of interests declared