An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency

Authors

  • Megan T. Patel Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, IL
  • Stacey Hoferka Illinois Deptartment of Public Health, Chicago

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5035

Abstract

Four classifiers were evaluated to determine differences in case detection for heat related illness. The results of those classifiers, as applied to data from Northern Illinois ESSENCE participating hospitals from May 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012, will be discussed. Three refined syndrome definitions for heat related illness (chief complaint-based, discharge diagnosis-based, and both chief complaint and discharge diagnosis) were created based on the four evaluated classifiers and these classifiers were applied to current 2013 data. The application of the syndrome definition is dependent on a jurisdiction's purpose for conducting heat related illness surveillance.

Author Biography

Megan T. Patel, Cook County Department of Public Health, Oak Forest, IL

Megan Patel earned her Master's in Public Health from the University of California Berkeley, and is currently a PhD Candidate in the Epidemiology and BioStatistics Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. She has worked as an epidemiologist at the Cook County Department of Public Health for six years, and is currently the manager of the enhanced surveillance program within the communicable disease unit.

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Published

2014-03-03

How to Cite

Patel, M. T., & Hoferka, S. (2014). An Evaluation of Heat-Related Emergency. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5035

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