History of the Hemostat

Abstract

limited to cancer terms with recorded search volume in Google Trends, and therefore the findings of this study may not be generalizable to rare diseases or diseases without a common unifying search term. Because search volume may change independently of disease metrics, such as secondary to public health campaigns targeted to specific cancers, this method may not be appropriate for comparing incidence and mortality rates between diseases. ConclusionPopulation-level disease metrics are critically important to guide the distribution of resources and design of public health initiatives. Internet search data may provide useful estimates of disease, such as incidence, particularly where registry data are insufficient, lagging, or lacking. ARTICLE INFORMATION