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Patients seen in emergency departments who had a prior visit within the previous 72 h-National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2002.
Public Health
October 2005
Coordinating Center for Health Information and Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MS-E91, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Objective: This study characterized emergency department (ED) visits of patients who had received services in an ED within the previous 72 h.
Methods: ED data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey were analysed for: (a) infectious-disease-related visits; (b) infectious-disease-related return visits; and (c) return visits reported within the previous 72 h for all visits. Data were collected from a nationally representative sample of hospital EDs and were weighted to generate national estimates.