Table 2.
Pearson correlation coefficients between the Taiwan Center for Disease Control Regional influenza-like illness data and each surveillance variable from the electronic medical records of Taipei Medical University Health Care System (October 2014 to September 2017).
| Time period | National ILIa | TMUHcSb-ILI | TMUHcS-RITPc | TMUHcS-IMUd |
| Regional ILI of the entire period (October 2014 to September 2017) | .99 | .87 | .86 | .90 |
| Regional ILI of period 1 (October 2014 to September 2015) | .99 | .97 | .88 | .96 |
| Regional ILI of period 2 (October 2015 to September 2016) | .99 | .93 | .92 | .97 |
| Regional ILI of period 3 (October 2016 to September 2017) | .99 | .96 | .82 | .91 |
aILI: influenza-like illness.
bTMUHcS: Taipei Medical University Health Care System.
cRITP: rapid influenza laboratory tests with positive results.
dIMU: influenza medication use.