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Use of Diagnosis Code in Mental Health Syndrome Definition
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Between 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders increased substantially. This increase was higher for mental disorders visits (55 percent for depression, anxiety or stress reactions… read more… 2006 and 2013, the rate of emergency department (ED) visits related to mental and substance use disorders … mental disorders indicates a growing burden on the health-care delivery system. New methods of surveillance are needed … systems primarily rely on patient chief complaints (CC) to monitor and detect health events. Some studies … -
Customizing ESSENCE Queries for Select Mental Health Sub-indicators
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Syndromic surveillance systems, although initially developed in response to bioterrorist threats, are increasingly being used at the local, state, and national level to support early identification of infectious disease and other emerging threats to… read more… queries to meet local needs, especially monitoring ED visits in near-real time during public health emergencies, … data source with access to chief complaint (CC) and discharge diagnoses (DD) from reporting sites, was designed for testing new queries. Objective : … -
Comparison of Aberration Detection Algorithms for Biosurveillance Systems
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Use of robust and broadly applicable statistical alerting methods is essential for a public health Biosurveillance system. We compared several algorithms related to the Early Aberration Reporting System C2 (adaptive control chart) method for… read more… effects and the total daily volume of facility visits. Adjustment for the total visit volume allows monitoring of surrogate rates instead of … to compare different ways of adjusting for total facility visits and background day-of-week effects. 5 views Submitted …