Statistical Diagnosis (SPD) for Control of SARS Epidemic Situation of Beijing

Abstract

Under the strong leadership of Chinese Government to the anti‐SARS struggle, the situation has been successfully controlled. Since May 1 of 2003, the Ministry of Health of China published daily the number of newly increased SARS patient of Beijing, the authors analyzed these data using X_cs−X_scs cause‐selecting control charts of Statistical Diagnosis (SPD) Theory. Data about number of newly increased SARS patient consists of two kinds of variation: random variation and tendency variation of SARS epidemic. It is concluded that SARS epidemic of Beijing was already controlled since May 9 of 2003.

Citation

Zhang, G. and Sun, J. (2003), "Statistical Diagnosis (SPD) for Control of SARS Epidemic Situation of Beijing", Asian Journal on Quality, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1108/15982688200300004