2002 POISON CENTER SURVEY

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A Profile Of Us Poison Centers In 2002: A Survey Conducted

By The American Association Of Poison Control Centers

 

Prepared by:

Rebecca Rembert

 

 

Overview

        

The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) periodically surveys all US poison centers to characterize operations, services, staffing, and public education activities. In addition, the survey quantifies costs, delineates funding sources, and identifies the extent and impact of real or threatened funding cuts. These data are used by state and federal legislators and health agencies to identify funding needs, and by individual poison centers to compare services and costs. Previous surveys reviewed poison center operations and costs in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1995, and 1993.

 

In 2002, a total of 64 poison control centers provided emergency phone consultations to the US public. From June - August 2003, centers responded to AAPCC’s online survey, providing information on their operations and costs in 2002.  63 poison control centers responded to the survey, including 52 certified centers and 11 non-certified centers. One certified center, which closed in 2002, responded only in part. A compilation of their responses is presented in the following tables. This profile presents the following information for calendar year 2002:

        

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Survey Overview - pdf file

 

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Center call volume, including human exposures, animal exposures, and information calls (Table 1) - pdf file

 

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Trends in Call Volume and US population served by poison centers - 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002 (Table 2) - pdf file

 

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Population served by US poison centers and center utilization (Table 3) - pdf file

 

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Access and services offered by poison centers in 2002 (Table 4) - pdf file

 

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Compliance with AAPCC certification criteria (Table 5) - pdf file

 

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Number of staff by type (Table 6) - pdf file

 

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Educational background of staff (Table 7) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 expenses at poison centers (Table 8) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding (dollar amounts by source) for all poison centers providing data (Table 9) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding (dollar amounts by source) for all certified poison centers providing data (Table 10) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding by source (as percentage of total funding) for:

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all poison centers providing data (Table 11A) - pdf file

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certified poison centers providing data (Table 11B)-pdf file

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non-certified poison centers providing data (Table 11C) - pdf file

 

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Public education activities (Table 12) - pdf file

 

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Professional education activities (Table 13) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding trends (Table 14) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding reduction (Table 15) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 funding source statistical analysis for:

bullet all poison centers providing data (Table 16A) - pdf file
bullet certified poison centers providing data (Table 16B)-pdf file
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non-certified poison centers providing data (Table 16C) - pdf file

 

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FY 2002 direct expense statistical analysis for:

bullet all poison centers providing data (Table 17A) - pdf file
bullet certified poison centers providing data (Table 17B)-pdf file
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non-certified poison centers providing data (Table 17C) - pdf file

 

All data were compiled in SQL and analyzed using Microsoft Excel.