D547 EVIDENCE BASED HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION (WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY)

D547 EVIDENCE BASED HEALTHCARE
ADMINISTRATION (WESTERN GOVERNORS
UNIVERSITY)

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D547 – Evidence–Based Healthcare Administration
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A. Analysis of the CDC dataset – by age

A1. The top two primary diagnoses and the most common reason for visits by age subgroup in
2021
(Values are visit counts from the CDC dataset; I used the dataset’s Estimate Type = Visit count.
These numbers come directly from the CDC file’s 2021 rows for the “By age” group.
o 0-17 years – top two primary diagnoses:
o Injury and poisoning – 6,914,876
o Symptoms/signs and abnormal clinical/lab findings – 7,756,031 o Most
common reason for visit – fever – 3,471,400
o 18-44 years – top two primary diagnoses:
o Injury and poisoning – 8,480,730 o Symptoms/signs and abnormal clinical/lab
findings – 12,471,508 o Most common reason for visit – stomach/abdominal
pain, cramps, spasms – 5,705,805
o 45-64 years – top two primary diagnoses:
o Injury and poisoning – 4,177,607 o Symptoms/signs and abnormal clinical/lab
findings – 8,555,061 o Most common reason for visit - stomach/abdominal
pain, cramps, spasms – 3,115,851
o 65+ years – top two primary diagnoses:
o Injury and poisoning – 4,074,261 o Symptoms/signs and abnormal clinical/lab
findings – 7,627,691 o Most common reason for visit – shortness of breath –
2,152,911

A2. Three notable variations

1. Adults are dominated by non-specific symptoms:
“Symptoms, signs & abnormal findings” account for - 28–32% of adult