Table 3 Alarm rates for extra visits that are not characterized by geographic clustering.
From: Real time spatial cluster detection using interpoint distances among precise patient locations
Percent of simulated outbreaks that exceeded a threshold | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alarm strategy | # extra visits per week | All seasons | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
N > 95th percentile | 10 | 6.41 | 23.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 |
Overall rate = 8.76 | 25 | 8.97 | 34.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 |
40 | 10.90 | 42.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | |
N > 95th percentile, by season | 10 | 9.62 | 7.89 | 12.50 | 10.26 | 7.69 |
Overall rate = 16.24 | 25 | 14.74 | 10.53 | 20.00 | 15.38 | 12.82 |
40 | 24.36 | 15.79 | 32.50 | 33.33 | 15.38 | |
M > 95th percentile | 10 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.82 | 0.00 |
Overall rate = 2.14 | 25 | 3.21 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 10.26 | 0.00 |
40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
M > 95th percentile, by season | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Overall rate = 0 | 25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
MN > 95th percentile | 10 | 4.49 | 2.63 | 2.50 | 12.82 | 0.00 |
Overall rate = 3.42 | 25 | 5.13 | 5.26 | 5.00 | 5.13 | 5.13 |
40 | 0.64 | 2.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
N and MN rules | 10 | 7.69 | 26.32 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 2.56 |
Overall rate = 7.48 | 25 | 7.05 | 21.05 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 5.13 |
40 | 7.69 | 23.68 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.56 | |