Evaluation of quality of measles surveillance in Wenzhou by using Rank-sum ratio, 2013–2016

Objective To conduct a synthetic evaluation of the quality of measles surveillance in Wenzhou of Zhejiang province from 2013 to 2016.

Methods Rank-sum ratio (RSR) was used to evaluate 12 quality indicators of 3 categories in measles surveillance in Wenzhou during this period, the surveillance quality was evaluated according to rank-sum ratio size.

Results At county (district) level, Pingyang and Cangnan, Taishun, Yongjia and Wencheng, Longwan and Wencheng, Taishun were at higher rank in indicator quality of basic immune level, high probability of measles epidemic spread, measles surveillance and comprehensive evaluation, respectively. Ruian, Dongtou and Longwan, Lucheng, Lucheng and Longwan were at lower rank, respectively．

Conclusion RSR method was flexible and simple, which has no specific requirements on samples, can eliminate the effects of comprehensive evaluation indexes of different dimension and has high applicable value in multiple indexes comprehensive evaluation of measles surveillance.