Open AccessDetermining Chronic Disease Prevalence in Local Populations Using Emergency Department Surveillance
Author(s) -
Dong Hoon Lee,
Judith A. Long,
Stephen P. Wall,
Brendan G. Carr,
Samantha N. Satchell,
R. Scott Braithwaite,
Brian Elbel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2015.302679
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , asthma , public health , environmental health , logistic regression , demography , prevalence , public health surveillance , census , american community survey , disease , gerontology , population , pathology , psychiatry , sociology
We sought to improve public health surveillance by using a geographic analysis of emergency department (ED) visits to determine local chronic disease prevalence.