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  • Content Type: Abstract

    In 2006, approximately 6.8 million children and 16.1 million adults were reported to have asthma in the US. The CDC BioSense System currently receives data from >540 hospital emergency departments (EDs; 522 send patient chief… read more
    … diagnoses), and captures about 11% of all U.S. ED visits.   OBJECTIVE To describe the potential utility of … for final diagnoses. ED visits rates with an asthma chief com- plaint or diagnosis were highest among 4-11 year olds … p=0.0001; the median number of facilities per cluster was 26 (range 4-38); the clusters were centered in 9 states, and …
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    In 2007, the CDC BioSense System received data from 450 non-federal hospitals. Hospitals provide data to Biosense based on their capability and willingness to supply electronic data. As of July 2008, Biosense is receiving data from 550 hospitals.… read more
    … that collects data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits. Objective To assess the representativeness of … BioSense were: infections (ICD-9 codes 001-139) 3.0% vs 2.6%; respiratory (codes 460-519) 11.0% vs 9.3%; digestive … 19.3% vs 1.3%; Midwest, 24.9% vs 64.7%; South 38.0% vs 26.8%; and West 17.7% vs 7.3%. After applying BioSense …