Feasibility of linking violent death decedents to prior-month emergency department visits in North Carolina, 2019-2020.

Lucas M NeurothLois C JohnsonMichael Dolan FlissAnna E WallerKatherine J Harmon

Published in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2023)

Though resource intensive, an NC-VDRS-to-NC DETECT linkage was successful in identifying prior-month ED visits among violent death decedents. This linkage should be leveraged to further analyse ED utilisation prior to violent death, expanding the knowledge base surrounding prevention opportunities for violent injuries.

Keyphrases

emergency department
genome wide
healthcare
hiv testing
gene expression
dna methylation
antiretroviral therapy
hepatitis c virus
drug induced