Beyond administrative data: characterizing cardiorespiratory disease episodes among patients visiting the emergency department.
Can J Public Health
; 91(2): 107-12, 2000.
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ABSTRACT
We attempted to address deficiencies in administrative health service data during a study of cardiorespiratory emergency department visits. From 1994-1996, we obtained data on 9,264 visits and conducted 1,772 follow-up interviews. The median interval between symptoms and visit ranged from 0.8 days (95% CI 0-1.7) for cardiac conditions to 4.0 days for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (95% CI 2.7-5.3) and respiratory infections (95% CI 3.5-4.5). Infection was the most common trigger of respiratory visits. Although most had improved at follow-up, symptoms persisted following the visit for a mean of 4.5 days (95% CI 3.8-5.4) for cardiac conditions to 8.4 days (95% CI 7.2-9.5) for COPD. Among adults aged < 70, the mean number of reduced activity days per episode ranged from 4.7 (95% CI 3.9-5.4) for asthma to 6.6 (95% CI 5.9-7.4) for respiratory infections. Our data assist in interpreting epidemiological studies based on administrative data, and illustrate the broad impacts of cardiorespiratory disease episodes.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio
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Asma
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Episodio de Atención
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Cardiopatías
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Enfermedades Pulmonares Obstructivas
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Can J Public Health
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Article