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Syndromic Surveillance in Support of an Urban Violence Intervention
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Our objective was to adapt the city's syndromic surveillance system to help guide a violence intervention initiative in response to an upsurge in serious assaults and homicides in Boston.… summer of 2006. RESULTS In 2005, a total of 458,376 ED visits were reported by all 9 Boston acute care hospitals. Of the 458,376 visits, 4,177 were due to incidents of violence. 3,555 were … is typically received and ap- pended 2-14 days after the visit. Nevertheless, the system demonstrated a capacity to …