The National Capitol Region's Emergency Department syndromic surveillance system: Do chief complaint and discharge diagnosis yield different results?

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-396

  Begier, Elizabeth M ^a   Sockwell, Denise ^b   Branch, Leslie M ^b   Davies Cole, John O ^c   Jones, LaVerne H ^c   Edwards, Leslie ^d   Casani, Julie A ^d   Blythe, David ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

^d Maryland Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^e Epidemiology and Disease Control Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEPSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037343264     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0903.020363     Document Type: Article

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