title: Assessment of tuberculosis surveillance by capture-recapture in the Balearic Islands, Spain, 2005-2007.
abstract: The tuberculosis surveillance system in the Balearic Islands was assessed from 2005 to 2007. Applying the capture-recapture method the completeness of this system was evaluated to be 58.4%. When a new electronic recorded data was included in Primary Health Care, up to 66.5% was obtained. This new source of data increased the detected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis from 572 to 681. As a result, the estimated annual incidence rate increases from 18.9 cases/10(5) to 22.6 cases/10(5) [95% CI, 20.9-24.3], similar to figures issued by WHO.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain; Field Epidemiology Training Program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Madrid, Spain; Epidemiology Service, Public Health Directorate of the Balearic Islands Regional Government, Palma, Spain. Electronic address: jaumegd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giménez-Duran
authors.affiliation: Field Epidemiology Training Program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Madrid, Spain; Epidemiology Service, Public Health Directorate of the Balearic Islands Regional Government, Palma, Spain.
authors.forename: Antònia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galmés-Truyols
authors.affiliation: Field Epidemiology Training Program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel-Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Luque-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Field Epidemiology Training Program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bonilla-Vargas
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Service, Public Health Directorate of the Balearic Islands Regional Government, Palma, Spain.
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosch-Isabel
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Service, Public Health Directorate of the Balearic Islands Regional Government, Palma, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nicolau-Riutort
authors.affiliation: Field Epidemiology Training Program, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Madrid, Spain; National Centre of Epidemiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Mateo-Ontañón
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D018563:Disease Notification; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016014:Linear Models; D008499:Medical Records; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Captura-Recaptura; Capture–recapture; Completeness; Epidemiology; Epidemiología; Exhausitividad; Surveillance; Tuberculosis; Vigilancia