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Emergency Medicine
Infectious diseases treated in U.S. emergency departments reported
October 23rd, 2005
A researcher presents data on infectious diseases treated in U.S. emergency departments in 2001 in a recent issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. "Emergency departments (EDs) are an important source of medical care in the United States. Information is limited concerning epidemiologic patterns of ED visits for infectious diseases. Data for 2001 from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) were analyzed for infectious disease visits. The NHAMCS is a national probability sample survey of visits to hospital EDs and outpatient departments of non-federal, short-stay, and general hospitals in the United States. Data are...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2005-10-23)
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