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Correlation between Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Isolates and Emergency Department Visits, Los Angeles County, 2005-2006
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This study describes the ability by which total volume of ED visits correlate with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity in the community. -
Preliminary Analysis of SaTScan's Effectiveness to Detect Known Disease Outbreaks Using Emergency Department Syndromic Data in Los Angeles County
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Los Angeles County Department of Health Services is currently testing SaTScan’s space-time permutation model to assist in identifying aberrant illness activity in the community and determine it’s ability to detect … read more -
A Comparison of Fever Classified Chief Complaints and Diagnoses with Recorded Body Temperatures
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The LAC SSS has been in existence since 2004. Currently, the system collects data from over 50 hospitals daily and performs a chief complaint-based syndrome classification analysis of all ED visits. The keyword “fever” is of special interest due to… read more