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We evaluated the lag between date of service and date of claims availability and used it for adjustment. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Results. By July 30, 2010 (after 26 interim surveillance tests), 14.0 million seasonal and 3.3 million H1N1 vaccinations had accrued. Taking into account claims delay appropriately lowered the critical limit during early monitoring. The observed GBS rate was below the critical limit throughout the surveillance. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusions. Medicare data contributed rapid safety monitoring among millions of 2009\u20132010 influenza vaccine recipients. Adjustment for claims delay facilitates early detection of potential safety issues. Although limited by lack of medical record review to confirm cases, this claims-based surveillance did not indicate a statistically significant elevated GBS rate following seasonal or H1N1 influenza vaccination. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2105\/ajph.2011.300510","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,2,16]],"date-time":"2012-02-16T20:55:29Z","timestamp":1329425729000},"page":"1921-1927","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["Surveillance for Guillain\u2013Barr\u00e9 Syndrome After Influenza Vaccination Among the Medicare Population, 2009\u20132010"],"prefix":"10.2105","volume":"102","author":[{"given":"Dale R.","family":"Burwen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"At the time of the study, Dale R. Burwen, Sukhminder K. Sandhu, Richard A. Forshee, Hector S. Izurieta, and Robert Ball were with the Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Rockville, MD. 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