title: Under-reporting of pelvic inflammatory disease in Hawaii: a comparison of state surveillance and hospitalization data.
abstract: Hawaii is one of only 19 states for which pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a mandated notifiable disease. In order to assess the completeness of PID reporting, we compared the number of hospitalized PID cases in the state of Hawaii with the total number of PID cases reported to the Hawaii State Department of Health surveillance system from 2007 through 2010. While 828 unique PID cases were diagnosed in Hawaii hospitals, only 240 unique PID cases were reported through the state's surveillance system. Severe PID underreporting was seen despite mandatory reporting laws.
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Health Studies, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Room D104 M, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA, hihaf@hihaf.org.
authors.forename: Misty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Tetine
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sentell
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Katz
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062486:Public Health Surveillance / Q000379:methods*