Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/50653, first published .
Prospective Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection Using SaTScan: Tutorial for Designing and Fine-Tuning a System to Detect Reportable Communicable Disease Outbreaks

Prospective Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection Using SaTScan: Tutorial for Designing and Fine-Tuning a System to Detect Reportable Communicable Disease Outbreaks

Prospective Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection Using SaTScan: Tutorial for Designing and Fine-Tuning a System to Detect Reportable Communicable Disease Outbreaks

Alison Levin-Rector   1 , MPH ;   Martin Kulldorff   2 , PhD ;   Eric R Peterson   1 , MPH ;   Scott Hostovich   3 , BS ;   Sharon K Greene   1 , PhD, MPH

1 Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Long Island City, NY, United States

2 Independent biostatistician, Ashford, CT, United States

3 Information Management Services, Inc, Calverton, MD, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Alison Levin-Rector, MPH
  • Bureau of Communicable Disease
  • New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • 42-09 28th St
  • Long Island City, NY, 11101
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 347 396 2600
  • Email: alevinrector@health.nyc.gov