Enhancing Lyme Disease Surveillance by Using Administrative Claims Data, Tennessee, USA.
Lyme disease is underreported in the United States. We used insurance administrative claims data to determine the value of such data in enhancing case ascertainment in Tennessee during January 2011-June 2013. Although we identified ≈20% more cases of Lyme disease (5/year), the method was resource intensive and not sustainable in this low-incidence state.
Joshua L
JL
Clayton
Stephen G
SG
Jones
John R
JR
Dunn
William
W
Schaffner
Timothy F
TF
Jones
D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D006801:Humans; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D062486:Public Health Surveillance; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology
Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Tennesee; United States; bacteria; public health surveillance