Increasing trend in the rate of infectious disease hospitalisations among Alaska Native people

• Other Authors: Holman, Robert C., Hennessy, Thomas W., Haberling, Dana L., Callinan, Laura S., Singleton, Rosalyn J., Redd, John T., Steiner, Claudia A., Bruce, Michael G.
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Supplement 1; 2013; Alaska Native; infectious disease; hospitalisations; Alaska; lower respiratory tract infection; Indian; Norton Sound; Yukon; Circumpolar Health; Kuskokwim
• Online Access: http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/21083/

Objectives To examine the epidemiology of infectious disease (ID) hospitalisations among Alaska Native (AN) people. Methods Hospitalisations with a first-listed ID diagnosis for American Indians and ANs residing in Alaska during 2001–2009 were selected from the Indian Health Service direct and con...