The influence of statutory holidays on the proportion of the outpatient and emergency visits for influenza-like illness.
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2018.08.017
- Author:
T CHEN
1
,
2
;
J YANG
;
L J WANG
;
D Y WANG
Author Information
1. Chinese National Influenza Center, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention
2. WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Influenza;
Influenza-like illness;
Sentinel hospitals;
Statutory holidays;
Surveillance
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Biometry;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
China/epidemiology*;
Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control*;
Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data*;
Holidays;
Hospitals;
Humans;
Influenza, Human/virology*;
Outpatients/statistics & numerical data*;
Population Surveillance;
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/virology*;
Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human/isolation & purification*;
Respiratory Tract Infections/virology*;
Seasons;
Young Adult
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2018;39(8):1100-1105
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To analyze the reasons for the fluctuations in the percentage of outpatient or emergency visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) during the Spring Festival and National Day in 2014-2018 surveillance season. Methods: ILI surveillance data was collected during the period of Spring Festival and National Day in mainland China, and downloaded from Chinese Influenza Surveillance Information System, during the 2014-2018 surveillance season. Results: There was no significant difference noticed in the number of ILI reports in the festival week with weeks before or after in both the southern and northern provinces. The number of outpatient visits was much less than that of the week before and after, but the number of emergency visits was statistically significantly increased. Conclusion: In the holiday peak of ILI%, the major causes was the impact of holiday-off at sentinel hospitals, resulting in a large reduction in the number of outpatient visits in the consulting room during the festivals.
