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Emergency Department Visits And Hospitalizations For Respiratory Disease On The Island Of Hawaii, 1981-1991: Annual Trends On The Island Of Hawaii And Weekly Variability In Hilo, David M. Mannino, Samuel M. Ruben, Fred C. Holschuh, Timothy C. Holschuh, Michael D. Wilson, Tami Holschuh
Emergency Department Visits And Hospitalizations For Respiratory Disease On The Island Of Hawaii, 1981-1991: Annual Trends On The Island Of Hawaii And Weekly Variability In Hilo, David M. Mannino, Samuel M. Ruben, Fred C. Holschuh, Timothy C. Holschuh, Michael D. Wilson, Tami Holschuh
David M. Mannino
This study examined trends in and patterns of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for respiratory disease on the island of Hawaii from 1981 to 1991. We found that emergency department visit rates and hospitalization rates for both asthma and COPD for 1987 to 1991 increased in all regions of the island in comparison with such rates for 1981 to 1986. Rates of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, but not asthma, were significantly higher in the high-exposure Kona side of the island than in the intermittent-exposure Hilo side of the island during 1983 and …