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Using Sydromic Surveillance to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits
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The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) investigated the feasibility of using syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. E-cigarettes have been associated with injuries and… read more… surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. E-cigarettes … have been associated with injuries and fatalities in all age groups, including young children attracted to the … existing surveillance. Submitted by Magou on Sat, 08/26/2017 - 19:06 … -
Prescription Opioid Abuse: Gleaning insights from hospital and vital records data
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There is a resurgence in the need to evaluate the economic burden of prescription drug hospitalizations in the United States. We used the Wisconsin 2014 Hospital Discharge data to examine opioid related hospitalization incidence and costs. Fentanyl… read more… paper we used hospital charges to assess costs incurred due to prescription drug/opioid hospitalizations 5 views … paper we used hospital charges to assess costs incurred due to prescription drug/opioid hospitalizations …