Preliminary Look into the ICD9/10 Transition Impact on Public Health Surveillance
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1Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Communicable Disease Epidemiology & Immunizations Section, Public Health – Seattle & King County, Seattle, WA, USA; 3Division of Integrated Biosurveillance, Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center, Baltimore, MD, USA; 4International Society of Disease Surveillance, Brighton, MA, USA; 5Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, GA, USA; 6Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program and Henry M Jackson Foundation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA; 7New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services, Concord, NH, USA
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