Temporal and spatial associations between influenza and asthma hospitalisations in New York City from 2002 to 2012: a longitudinal ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether asthma hospitalisations of children and adults in the five boroughs of New York City are correlated with influenza hospitalisations temporally and spatially.

Design

A longitudinal ecological study.

Inclusion criteria

We reviewed the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System's records of hospitalisations in Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island from 2002 to 2012. All hospitalisations with a primary diagnosis of either asthma or influenza were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis codes.

Methods

A time-series regression analysis was performed using aggregate monthly counts of influenza hospitalisations as predictors of asthma hospitalis

SUBMITTER: Trinh P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169763 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature