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Effect of Gender, Age, and Severity of Asthma Attack on Patterns of Emergency Department Visits due to Asthma by Month and Day of the Week

Abstract

Objective To examine the pattern and strength of seasonal fluctuations in emergency department (ED) visits due to asthma, by month and day of the week, by the patient’s age, gender, and severity of asthma attack. Methods Time series analysis of ED visits was conducted among patients with asthma aged from 18 to 55 years who visited Ontario EDs between April 1, 2001 and March 31, 2004. Autoregressive regression models with months and days of the …

Authors

Baibergenova A; Thabane L; Akhtar-Danesh N; Levine M; Gafni A; Moineddin R; Pulcins I

Journal

European Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 20, No. 11, pp. 947–956

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

November 2005

DOI

10.1007/s10654-005-3635-6

ISSN

0393-2990