Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health

Authors

  • Kelley Bemis
  • Samantha Gray
  • Megan T. Patel
  • Demian Christiansen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6409

Abstract

Community health assessments rely on a number of indicators, many of which are readily available at the county level from public data sources. However, few commonly used sub-county level indicators of health outcomes and healthcare access have been identified. In suburban Cook County, data from a syndromic surveillance system was used to identify areas of geographic clustering and disproportionate use in emergency room visit rates. As syndromic surveillance reporting becomes standard among hospitals, emergency room visit rates may be a useful, sub county-level community health indicator that can be compared across jurisdictions.

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Published

2016-03-24

How to Cite

Bemis, K., Gray, S., Patel, M. T., & Christiansen, D. (2016). Disproportionate Emergency Room Use as an Indicator of Community Health. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v8i1.6409

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Oral Presentations