Rates of emergency department visits due to pneumonia in the United States, July 2006-June 2009.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pneumonia hospitalization rates are frequently reported as a measure of pneumonia disease burden in the United States. However, a detailed understanding of pneumonia burden in all health care settings, including the emergency department (ED), is essential for measuring the full effect of this disease on the population and planning and evaluating interventions to reduce pneumonia-related morbidity. The aim of this study was to quantify pneumonia-attributable ED visits in the United States among children and adults during the 3-year period July 2006 through June 2009.

Methods

Rates of pneumonia ED visits were calculated using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), the largest source of U.S. ED data. Pneumonia ED visits were identified using International

SUBMITTER: Self WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907184 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature