Emergency Room Visits by Albertan Youth: Child and Youth Data Laboratory (CYDL) Report for Experiences of Albertan Youth Project

Child and Youth Data Laboratory: Edmonton, AB.

This report is an overview of 326,685 visits to emergency rooms by 163,411 Albertan youth (aged 12 to 24) in 2008/09. Reasons for emergency room visits were derived from primary diagnostic codes. Youth not registered with the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan in 2008/09 were excluded.

Additional Information

The Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research manages The Child and Youth Data Laboratory (CYDL). The CYDL links and analyses Government of Alberta administrative data to inform policy. Find out more at: www.research4children.com.

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Cui, Xinjie

Lamba, Navjot (Jo)

Research Areas

child abuse & neglect

Province / Territory

Canadian CW research

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