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  • Monitoring the Impact of Heat Waves with Emergency Service Utilization Data in Los Angeles County

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    Los Angeles County’s (LAC) early event detection system captures over 60% of total ED visits, as well as 800 to 1,000 emergency dispatch calls from Los Angeles City Fire (LACF) daily. Both ED visits and EDC calls are classified into syndrome… read more
    … event detection system captures over 60% of total ED visits, as well as 800 to 1,000 emergency dispatch calls from Los Angeles City Fire (LACF) daily. Both ED visits and EDC calls are classified into syndrome … event detection system captures over 60% of total ED visits, as well as 800 to 1,000 emergency dispatch calls …
  • Evaluation of Syndromic Surveillance in Detecting Hepatitis A in Los Angeles County

    Content Type: Abstract

    In early 2017, HAV outbreaks were identified in San Diego County (490 cases) and Santa Cruz County (73 cases) in California, affecting primarily the homeless and/or illicit drug users. As of October 10, 2017, LAC had identified 12 outbreak-related… read more
    … its ED data to monitor for any increase in HAV-related visits. Objective: To create a hepatitis A virus (HAV) … category with which to monitor emergency department (ED) visits for situational awareness during a currently emerging … its ED data to monitor for any increase in HAV-related visits. Objective: To create a hepatitis A virus (HAV) …
  • Emergency Department Patients with Gastrointestinal Symptoms During Federal Holidays, Miami-Dade 2007-2010

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    People usually celebrate holidays by inviting family and friends to have food at home, or by gathering and eating at restaurants or in other public venues. This increased exposure to food with a common source can create conditions for outbreaks of… read more
    … will be the purpose of forthcoming research. Instead, ED visits with gastrointestinal symptoms are used to leverage … Objective To quantify Emergency Department (ED) visits with gastrointestinal symptoms during Federal … FL, USA Objective To quantify Emergency Department (ED) visits with gastro- intestinal symptoms during Federal …
  • Representativeness of Emergency Department Data Reported to the BioSense System

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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 … that collects data on U.S. emergency department (ED) visits. METHODS For 2005 (the most recent data available), … NHAMCS[1] estimated a total of 115.3 million ED visits nationally and a yearly increase of 1.7 million …
  • Utility of Outpatient Syndromic Data for Monitoring Influenza-like Illness

    Content Type: Abstract

    The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) collects outpatient ILI data through North Dakota Influenza-like Illness Network (ND ILINet), providing situational awareness regarding the percent of visits for ILI at sentinel sites across the state.… read more
    … providing situational awareness regarding the percent of visits for ILI at sentinel sites across the state. Because … data from hospitals (emergency department and inpatient visits) and outpatient clinics, including urgent and primary … providing situational awareness regarding the percent of visits for ILI at sentinel sites across the state. Because …
  • Impact of Demographics on Healthcare Utilization

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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was promoted with two goals: expanding health insurance coverage and reducing healthcare costs. Expanded coverage is expected to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable… read more
    … to partially reduce costs. Emergency department (ED) visits are costlier than comparable primary care physician visits. If uninsured patients use the local ED more often … fit this model of ED usage. In one study, nonurgent ED visits were mainly the result of patient uncertainty about …
  • Usefulness of Syndromic Surveillance during Ultra-endurance Running Races: Example with the ÒGrand Raid de La RŽunionÓ Ultra Trail

    Content Type: Abstract

    The 'Grand Raid de la Reunion' is one of the hardest ultra trails in the world (5,350 competitors in 2012). This one stage race takes place in Reunion Island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. Ultra trails and ultra marathons… read more
    … to study the impact of such sporting events on ED visits. Using a syndromic surveillance approach to monitor sport-related visits could allow an early public health response. … to study the impact of such sporting events on ED visits. Using a syndromic surveillance approach to monitor …
  • Performance Characteristics of Control Chart Detection Methods

    Content Type: Abstract

    To recognize outbreaks so that early interventions can be applied, BioSense uses a modification of the EARS C2 method, stratifying days used to calculate the expected value by weekend vs weekday, and including a rate-based method… read more
    … and including a rate-based method that accounts for total visits. These modifications produce lower residuals … and including a rate-based method that accounts for total visits (2). These modifications produce lower residuals … count vs rate methods, the latter accounting for total visits (i.e., both visits assigned and not assigned to a …