National Retail Data Monitor for public health surveillance

Michael M Wagner; F C Tsui; J Espino; W Hogan; J Hutman; J Hersh; D Neill; A Moore; G Parks; C Lewis; R Aller

National Retail Data Monitor for public health surveillance

MMWR Suppl. 2004 Sep 24:53:40-2.

Authors

Michael M Wagner¹, F C Tsui, J Espino, W Hogan, J Hutman, J Hersh, D Neill, A Moore, G Parks, C Lewis, R Aller

Affiliation

¹ Real-Time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 500, Cellomics Building, 500 Technology Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. mmw@cbmi.pitt.edu

PMID: 15714625

Abstract

The National Retail Data Monitor (NRDM) is a public health surveillance tool that collects and analyzes daily sales data for over-the-counter (OTC) health-care products. NRDM collects sales data for selected OTC health-care products in near real time from >15,000 retail stores and makes them available to public health officials. NRDM is one of the first examples of a national data utility for public health surveillance that collects, redistributes, and analyzes daily sales-volume data of selected health-care products, thereby reducing the effort for both data providers and health departments.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Humans
Nonprescription Drugs*
Population Surveillance / methods*
Public Health Informatics*
United States

Substances

Nonprescription Drugs