Development of a risk predictive scoring system to identify patients at risk of representation to emergency department: a retrospective population-based analysis in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the characteristics of frequent visitors (FVs) to emergency departments (EDs) and develop a predictive model to identify those with high risk of a future representations to ED among younger and general population (aged ≤70 years).

Design and setting

A retrospective analysis of ED data targeting younger and general patients (aged ≤70 years) were collected between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2016 from a public hospital in Australia.

Participants

A total of 343 014 ED presentations were identified from 170 134 individual patients.

Main outcome measures

Proportion of FVs (those attending four or more times annually), demographic characteristics (age, sex, indigenous and marital status), mode of separation (eg, admitted to ward), triage categorie

SUBMITTER: Ahn E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173240 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature