Case Study: “The Greenwood Asthma Spike—Understanding Measures of Disease and Epidemiologic Methods”
Scenario The community of Greenwood County (population 142,000) has seen a reported rise in asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits over the last 18 months. Two healthcare systems—St. Helena Medical Center and Greenwood Regional Hospital—serve the area and have contributed encounter data to the county public health...