Table 2.
Summary of emergency department syndromic surveillance systems (EDSyS) included in the review, by country/territory, with source and format of information used to define syndromic indicators and of areas of public health surveillance supported the EDSyS
| Country/territory | Syndromic indicator | Infectious diseases | Extreme weather | Other non-infectious | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sourcea | Format | Respiratory | Influenza | Gastrointestinal | Heat | Cold | Injury/trauma | alcohol | drug | |
| Albania | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Australia | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Canada | chief complaint | text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| China | chief complaint | coded | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| France | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Greece | chief complaint | pick list | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Italy | chief complaint | text/coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jamaica | “daily analysed data” | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | |
| Republic of Korea | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| New Zealand | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Singapore | unknown | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Spain | chief complaint | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| Taiwan | chief complaint | text/ coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – | – | – |
| UKb | diagnosis | coded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
| USA | chief complaint | text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
a EDSyS may collect more than one data item for syndromic indicators, but each reported a primary field used as standard
b UK: England & Northern Ireland ✓ relevant EDSyS indicators identified - no relevant EDSyS indicators identified