Evaluation of the American Hospital Association Annual Survey for health services research in emergency medicine.

Krislyn M BoggsAshley F SullivanJanice A EspinolaJingya GaoCarlos A Camargo

Published in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2022)

Although several aggregated results were similar between the compared data sources, the AHA data set excluded many US EDs, including many rural EDs and FSEDs. Consequently, the AHA underreported total ED visits by 15%. We encourage data users to be cautious when interpreting results from any 1 ED data source, including the AHA.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
emergency department
emergency medicine
healthcare
deep learning