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In this overview paper, some of the surveillance methods and metrics used in health-related applications are described and contrasted with those used in industrial practice. Many of the aforesaid methods are based on the concepts and methods of statistical process control. Public health data often include spatial information as well as temporal information, and in this and other regards, public health applications could be considered more challenging than industrial applications. Avenues of research into various topics in health-related monitoring are suggested.
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Woodall, W.H., Grigg, O.A., Burkom, H.S. (2010). Research Issues and Ideas on Health-Related Surveillance. In: Lenz, HJ., Wilrich, PT., Schmid, W. (eds) Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 9. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2380-6_10
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