Infectious Disease Burden in Emergency Departments
Infectious diseases comprised approximately 50% of the top 20 ED diagnoses, underscoring the heavy burden of infection-driven emergency presentations. Inter-hospital variation in ED admission rates has been documented in prior research, re…
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Infectious diseases comprised approximately 50% of the top 20 ED diagnoses, underscoring the heavy burden of infection-driven emergency presentations. Inter-hospital variation in ED admission rates has been documented in prior research, reinforcing the need for standardised cost and diagnosis data. ICD-10 code presence in electronic health records has been shown to correlate positively with increased acute care utilisation.