diff --git a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md index 4e00aaf82..c64754010 100644 --- a/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md +++ b/docs/api/covidcast-signals/chng.md @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ commercial purposes. | `smoothed_adj_outpatient_covid` | Same, but with systematic day-of-week effects removed; see [details below](#day-of-week-adjustment)
**Earliest date available:** 2020-02-01 | | `smoothed_outpatient_cli` | Estimated percentage of outpatient doctor visits primarily about COVID-related symptoms, based on Change Healthcare claims data that has been de-identified in accordance with HIPAA privacy regulations, smoothed in time using a Gaussian linear smoother
**Earliest date available:** 2020-02-01 | | `smoothed_adj_outpatient_cli` | Same, but with systematic day-of-week effects removed; see [details below](#day-of-week-adjustment)
**Earliest date available:** 2020-02-01 | - +| `smoothed_outpatient_flu` | Estimated percentage of outpatient doctor visits with confirmed influenza, based on Change Healthcare claims data that has been de-identified in accordance with HIPAA privacy regulations, smoothed in time using a Gaussian linear smoother
**Earliest issue available:** 2021-12-06
**Earliest date available:** 2020-02-01 | +| `smoothed_adj_outpatient_flu` | Same, but with systematic day-of-week effects removed; see [details below](#day-of-week-adjustment)
**Earliest issue available:** 2021-12-06
**Earliest date available:** 2020-02-01 | ## Table of Contents {: .no_toc .text-delta} @@ -71,6 +72,19 @@ $$ Y_{it}^{\text{Flu}}\right)}{N_{it}} $$ +### Influenza Illness + +The following estimation method is used for the `*_outpatient_flu` signals. + +For a fixed location $$i$$ and time $$t$$, let $$Y_{it}$$ +denote the Flu counts and let $$N_{it}$$ be the +total count of visits (the *Denominator*). Our estimate of the influenza +percentage is given by + +$$ +\hat p_{it} = 100 \cdot \frac{Y_{it}}{N_{it}} +$$ + ### Day-of-Week Adjustment The fraction of visits due to COVID-19 is dependent on the day of the week. On