COPD-Related ED Visits in North Carolina: Hospitalizations and Return Visits
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COPD-Related ED Visits in North Carolina: Hospitalizations and Return Visits
Methods We performed a population-based study of ED visits for COPD using state-wide surveillance data from NC DETECT[4], including all ED visits made by NC residents aged ≥45 years in 2008-2009. Visits were considered COPD-related if the firstor second-listed discharge diagnoses contained one of the following ICD-9-CM codes: 491.*, 492.*, 493.2*, 494.*, or 496.*. Hospital admissions were captu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Online Journal of Public Health Informatics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1947-2579
DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4408