Table 1.
Primary data source, visit, and patient characteristics, BioSense, January-December 2008.
|
Data Source and Type |
No. of facilities | Total visits, millions | Visits per facility per day, median* | Record receipt, median†‡ | Age, median years‡ | Gender, % female‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DoD Outpatient Final Diagnosis | 333 | 32.9 | 148, 34 | 2.2 days | 29 | 43.5 |
| VA Outpatient Final Diagnosis | 770 | 54.4 | 48, 33 | 2.0 days | 61 | 7.2 |
| Civilian Hospitals Outpatient | ||||||
| Chief Complaint | 85 | 4.6 | 121, 12 | 0.3 hour | 52 | 64.8 |
| Working Diagnosis | 62 | 1.8 | 44, 4 | 4.6 days | 53 | 64.2 |
| Final Diagnosis | 72 | 2.7 | 64, 7 | 5.1 days | 51 | 62.7 |
| Civilian Hospitals ED | ||||||
| Chief Complaint | 532 | 18.1 | 76, 9 | 4 hours | 35 | 55.8 |
| Working Diagnosis | 105 | 2.4 | 51, 55 | 1.8 days | 35 | 56.1 |
| Final Diagnosis | 203 | 6.3 | 66, 70 | 5.1 days | 35 | 56.4 |
| Civilian Hospital Inpatient | ||||||
| Chief Complaint | 115 | 1.7 | 32, 18 | 4 hours | 50 | 59.3 |
| Working Diagnosis | 78 | 0.8 | 22, 13 | 8.1 days | 51 | 58.1 |
| Final Diagnosis | 81 | 1.1 | 27, 16 | 9.9 days | 47 | 59.2 |
DoD denotes Department of Defense, VA denotes Veterans Administration, ED denotes emergency department.
* Values are for weekdays, weekends.
† Time from patient visit to receipt of data at CDC.
‡ For these columns, data is from December 2008.