Tracking the COVID-19 epidemic using high-volume non-traditional data

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • start year

    -99
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0
  • Funder

    Yale University
  • Principal Investigator

    Dan Weinberger, Ted Cohen, Virginia Pitzer, Josh Warren, Marcus Russi, Alyssa Amick, Forrest Crawford, Kelsie Cassell, Ernest Asare, Yu-Han Kao
  • Research Location

    United States of America
  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease transmission dynamics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Due to the lack of consistent and widespread testing for coronavirus, there is a need to use non-traditional data sources to track the progression of the epidemic. We are using high-volume electronic data from emergency departments, hospitals, and doctors visits to track the rate of people seeking care for syndromes that would be consistent with COVID-19 (e.g., fever, cough). We use statistical models to separate out increases related to COVID-19 from seasonal variations and increases due to influenza.