From: Real time spatial cluster detection using interpoint distances among precise patient locations
Percent of simulated outbreaks that exceeded a threshold | ||||||
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Alarm strategy | km from hospital | All seasons | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
M > 95th percentile | 5 | 34.74 | 12.76 | 37.29 | 63.40 | 24.89 |
15 | 56.78 | 33.43 | 61.73 | 79.24 | 51.98 | |
50 | 62.17 | 39.82 | 67.89 | 82.91 | 57.36 | |
M > 95th percentile, by season | 5 | 33.20 | 27.68 | 30.19 | 43.76 | 31.11 |
15 | 57.65 | 55.64 | 56.76 | 65.35 | 52.84 | |
50 | 63.38 | 54.35 | 69.55 | 61.90 | 67.31 | |
MN > 95th percentile | 5 | 49.33 | 41.82 | 50.58 | 60.26 | 44.42 |
15 | 69.81 | 62.78 | 71.01 | 76.89 | 68.35 | |
50 | 73.41 | 67.51 | 74.40 | 80.13 | 71.40 | |
N and MN rules | 5 | 42.44 | 56.21 | 34.10 | 40.92 | 39.08 |
15 | 62.87 | 72.02 | 57.47 | 62.91 | 59.43 | |
50 | 67.92 | 76.03 | 63.90 | 67.25 | 64.80 |