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Relationship between neighborhood poverty and emergency department utilization for fever/flu syndrome
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The HEDSS system was implemented in 2004 to monitor disease activity.1 In all, 18 of 32 emergency departments (ED) and urgent care clinic provide data. Chief complaints are routinely categorized into eight syndromes. The fever/flu syndrome is… read more… between neighborhood poverty and emergency department visits for fever/flu syndrome illnesses reported through the … and Emerging Infections Program, Hartford, CT, USA E-mail: kristen.desy@ct.gov Objective To describe the … between neighborhood poverty and emergency department visits for fever/flu syndrome illnesses reported through the … -
Evaluation of the Connecticut Hospital Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance System for Monitoring of Community Gastrointestinal Illness
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The HEDSS system was implemented in 2004 to monitor disease activity [1]. Twenty of 32 emergency departments (ED) and 1 urgent care clinic provide data. Chief complaints are routinely categorized into 8 syndromes. Although previous studies have… read more… reportable events. Weekly percentage of HEDSS GI syndrome visits (combined GI, vomiting, diarrhea and bloody diarrhea) … diseases using correlation coefficients. GI syndrome ED visits were also examined by geographical region and age. … vomiting has a greater magnitude than diarrhea. ED GI visits were correlated with GI hospital admissions (r�0.73, …