diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nhsn.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nhsn.md index f5ebb829c..2fc89afd7 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nhsn.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/nhsn.md @@ -31,12 +31,21 @@ For reference dates in May 2024, NHSN received data from 78% of US EDs. State and nation-level values are pulled directly from the source; HHS-level values are aggregated up from the state level. -| Signal | Description | -|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week. **Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | -| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | -| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | -| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| Signal | Description | +|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_covid_ew` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_covid_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_flu_ew` | Total number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_flu_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed influenza over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Friday or Saturday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew_prelim` | Total number of patients hospitalized with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | +| `hosprep_confirmed_admissions_rsv_ew_prelim` | Total number of number of hospitals reporting new admissions with confirmed RSV over the entire week (Sunday-Saturday). Only includes hospitalizations whose report was received before the Wednesday of the following week.
**Earliest date available:** 2020-08-08 | + ## Table of Contents {: .no_toc .text-delta} @@ -88,6 +97,10 @@ Only hospitals indicated as active reporters in NHSN are included. Between reference dates 2024-05-01 and 2024-10-31, reported hospitalizations may not be fully representative, since reporting was voluntary. See the [missingness section](#missingness) for more information about voluntary and mandatory reporting periods. +Data for RSV from the pre-October 31, 2024 voluntary reporting period is particularly low quality. Only a tiny fraction of hospitals reported RSV-associated admissions such that they are undercounted by a factor of perhaps 100. For historical RSV-associated admissions, see the [CDC's RSV-NET](https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/php/surveillance/rsv-net.html) (not currently mirrored by Delphi). + +For earlier issue dates certain signals may not be available. The earliest issue date with all the current signals available is epiweek 202451 + Standard errors and sample sizes are not applicable to these metrics.