Poison control centers and state-specific poisoning mortality rates.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare poisoning mortality rates of states served by a poison control center certified by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) to those that are not served by a certified center because health policy has been based on certification status. METHODS:Poisoning mortality rates from 1993 to 1997 were obtained from a public use database of death certificates and were stratified by state and circumstance. Each state was classified as being fully served, partially served, or not served by an AAPCC-certified center. States in one category of service for the entire 5 years were selected for analysis. RESULTS:During this 5-year period, 39 states exhibited a consistent category of poison control center services. The mortality rates per 100,000 population during these 5 years were 5.93, 6.12, 6.01, 6.23, and 6.68 respectively (P <0.05) for all 39 states. The mean 5-year mortality rate for states with certified poison control center services (7.08 +/- 2.59; n = 17) was higher (P <0.05) than those with noncertified service (5.17 +/- 1.46; n = 15) but not significantly different from those with partial certified service (6.25 +/- 1.75; n = 7). CONCLUSION:Increased poisoning mortality rates were associated with AAPCC certification status and year. Poisoning mortality rates may not be an appropriate outcome measure of the impact of poison control centers, AAPCC-certification notwithstanding, at this time. Basing poison control center-related policy on state-specific poisoning mortality rates can not be supported by these findings.

journal_name

Med Care

journal_title

Medical care

authors

Chyka PA,Somes GW

doi

10.1097/00005650-200107000-00002

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-07-01 00:00:00

pages

654-60

issue

7

eissn

0025-7079

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1537-1948

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39

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