Table 3.

Sensitivity and timeliness of reporting hospitalized cases of notifiable diseases to CEDRS using the discharge diagnosis plus medical record review method, TCHD jurisdiction, 2003–2005

^aIncludes patients who reside at a street address within Adams, Arapahoe, or Douglas county in Colorado

^bLimited to cases admitted during 2005

^cLegionellosis was included in the medical record review because one ZIP code was originally assigned to Douglas County in error. After the erroneous ZIP code was removed from the analysis, legionellosis had lower sensitivity than West Nile virus infection.

CEDRS = Colorado Electronic Disease Reporting System

TCHD = Tri-County Health Department

IHD = inpatient hospital discharge