Factors Associated With Emergency Department Use by Patients With and Without Mental Health Diagnoses.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An association between frequent use of the emergency department (ED) and mental health diagnoses is frequently documented in the literature, but little has been done to more thoroughly understand why mental illness is associated with increased ED use.

Objective

To determine which factors were associated with higher ED use in the near future among patients with and without mental health diagnoses.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective case-control study of all patients presenting to the ED in California in 2013 using past ED data to predict future ED use. Data from January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2014, from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development were analyzed.

Main outcomes and measures

Factors associated wi

SUBMITTER: Niedzwiecki MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324434 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature