Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Alexandra Ziemann; Anne Fouillet; Helmut Brand; Thomas Krafft

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0155535

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Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Alexandra Ziemann ,

* E-mail: alexandra.ziemann@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of International Health, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Anne Fouillet,

Affiliation Institute de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice cedex, France
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Helmut Brand,

Affiliation Department of International Health, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Thomas Krafft

Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Success Factors of European Syndromic Surveillance Systems: A Worked Example of Applying Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Alexandra Ziemann,
Anne Fouillet,
Helmut Brand,
Thomas Krafft

Published: May 16, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155535

About the Authors

Alexandra Ziemann

* E-mail: alexandra.ziemann@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of International Health, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Anne Fouillet

Affiliation Institute de Veille Sanitaire, Saint Maurice cedex, France

Helmut Brand

Affiliation Department of International Health, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Thomas Krafft

Affiliation Department of Health, Ethics and Society, CAPHRI School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ. Performed the experiments: AZ. Analyzed the data: AZ AF HB TK. Wrote the paper: AZ AF HB TK.

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