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. 2014 Apr;39(2):336-8.
doi: 10.1007/s10900-013-9766-x.

Under-reporting of pelvic inflammatory disease in Hawaii: a comparison of state surveillance and hospitalization data

Misty Pacheco  1 , Tetine Sentell, Alan R Katz
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Under-reporting of pelvic inflammatory disease in Hawaii: a comparison of state surveillance and hospitalization data

Misty Pacheco et al. J Community Health. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Hawaii is one of only 19 states for which pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a mandated notifiable disease. In order to assess the completeness of PID reporting, we compared the number of hospitalized PID cases in the state of Hawaii with the total number of PID cases reported to the Hawaii State Department of Health surveillance system from 2007 through 2010. While 828 unique PID cases were diagnosed in Hawaii hospitals, only 240 unique PID cases were reported through the state's surveillance system. Severe PID underreporting was seen despite mandatory reporting laws.

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