Purposes

Epidemiological surveillance, detection of abnormal occurrences of diseases of compulsory notification for adopting control measures.

Institutions that intervene

MSC, AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITIES

General description (main variables)

Diseases, geographical location (provincial and/or municipal), date of the first symptoms, risk factors, age, sex.

Collective

Group of patients cared for by doctors who notify

Frequency of data collection

Semanal

Breakdown

Municipal o inferior

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2001-2004  (in thousands euros)

1,107.06