Socioeconomic determinants of very frequent presentations to emergency departments in New South Wales, Australia: A state wide data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the clinical and longitudinal patterns of presentation, and to understand the underlying socioeconomic characteristics of different modes of presentation.

Design

Retrospective state-wide data linkage analysis of emergency department (ED) presentations. Patients were included if they were 18 years of age or over and presented to the ED over twenty times within any consecutive 365-day period between January 2015 and December 2020. This analysis used routinely collected data from the Emergency Department Data Collection and Admitted Patient Data Collection. The quintile of Socioeconomic Indexes for Area (SEIFA) defined by Australian Bureau of Statistics was used for equity considerations.

Main outcome measures

The main outcomes of interest included

SUBMITTER: Korczak V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11402644 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature