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Evaluation of Case Detection of Marijuana-Related Emergency Department Visits

Description

NSSP, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance system, allows timely detection of emergency department (ED) trends by matching chief complaint (CC) text or diagnosis (DX) codes to established syndrome criteria [1, 2]. No CDC syndrome definition currently exists for marijuana-related visits. Accidental child ingestions and over-consumption of edible products are an emerging concern [3, 4]. A validated marijuana syndrome will allow health departments with access to ED data to measure relative trends and disparities in marijuana-related ED visits.

Objective

To evaluate methods of measuring marijuana-related emergency department visits at Denver metropolitan area hospitals participating in the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP).

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