Research Article

Detection of Severe Respiratory Disease Epidemic Outbreaks by CUSUM-Based Overcrowd-Severe-Respiratory-Disease-Index Model

Table 3

Warning rate for an OSRDI network.

Hospitals12345678910111213

Area codes10500105011050010503105101098810987109851098610300103011030310600
OSRDI150200250110300199189170165506099400
Warning rate250250250250199199199199

Example of warning system in a 13-hospital network divided by two regions. Hospitals: 13 hospitals identified by area code. Area codes: location identifiers for the 13 hospitals. OSRDI: saturation index calculated by the model. Warning rate: saturation rate by region (Section 2.2).