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. 2018 Feb:(301):1-8.

Emergency Department Visits by Patients Aged 45 and Over With Diabetes: United States, 2015

Margaret J Hall, Pinyao Rui, Alexander Schwartzman
  • PMID: 29442992
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Emergency Department Visits by Patients Aged 45 and Over With Diabetes: United States, 2015

Margaret J Hall et al. NCHS Data Brief. 2018 Feb.
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Abstract

An estimated 30 million Americans have diabetes, of whom 26 million are aged 45 and over (1). Healthy eating and exercise can prevent diabetes progression (1,2). Around 12 million emergency department (ED) visits in 2015 were by patients aged 45 and over with diabetes, representing 24% of ED visits by patients aged 45 and over and 80% of diabetes ED visits by patients of all ages (3). This report presents data on ED visits by patients aged 45 and over with diabetes, defined as visits for which diabetes is mentioned as either a diagnosis or as one of a set of conditions that the patient is reported to have.

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