Using case management in a universal health coverage system to improve quality of life of frequent Emergency Department users: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Frequent Emergency Department users are likely to experience poor quality of life (QOL). Case management interventions are efficient in responding to the complex needs of this population, but their effects on QOL have not been tested yet. Therefore, the aim of our study was to examine to what extent a case management intervention improved frequent Emergency Department users' QOL in a universal health coverage system.

Methods

Data were part of a randomized controlled trial designed to improve frequent Emergency Department users' QOL at the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland. A total of 250 frequent Emergency Department users (≥ 5 attendances during the previous 12 months) were randomly assigned to the control (n = 125) or the intervention group (n = 125). The l

SUBMITTER: Iglesias K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846993 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature