Journal article
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