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Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments
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Concern over oral health-related ED visits stems from the increasing number of unemployed and uninsured, the cost burden of these visits, and the unavailability of indicated dental care in EDs [1]. Of particular interest to NC state public health… read more… Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … Calculations were sought in terms of the Medicaid-covered visit rate relative to the Medicaid-eligible population by … Use of Syndromic Data to Determine Oral Health Visit Burden on Emergency Departments … -
Time of Arrival Analysis in NC DETECT to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records
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TOA identifies clusters of patients arriving to a hospital ED within a short temporal interval. Past implementations have been restricted to records of patients with a specific type of complaint. The Florida Department of Health uses TOA at the… read more… to Find Clusters of Interest from Unclassified Patient Visit Records … -
An ISDS-Based Initiative for Conventions for Biosurveillance Data Analysis Methods
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Twelve years into the 21st century, after publication of hundreds of articles and establishment of numerous biosurveillance systems worldwide, there is no agreement among the disease surveillance community on most effective technical methods for… read more… of method development cannot access surveillance data. Lack of data access is a formidable obstacle to developers … of method development cannot access surveillance data. Lack of data access is a formidable obstacle to developers …