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Determinants of U.S. poison center utilization
1 Jun 2010
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CONTEXT: High poison center utilization has been associated with decreased emergency department usage and hospitalization rates. However, utilization requires awareness of the poison center. Penetrance, defined as the number of human poison exposures reported to a poison center per 1,000 population, has been used as a marker of poison center awareness. OBJECTIVES: To identify factors that influence poison center...
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