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

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Robert C. Holman, Thomas W. Hennessy, Dana L. Haberling, Laura S. Callinan, Rosalyn J. Singleton, John T. Redd, Claudia A. Steiner, Michael G. Bruce
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013
• Subjects: Alaska Native; infectious disease; hospitalisations; Alaska; lower respiratory tract infection; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Indian; Norton Sound; Yukon; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Kuskokwim
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20994; https://doaj.org/article/63725feafdda4b988615c23d22f7c3b2

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 dir...