Persistent frequent emergency department users with chronic conditions: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Frequent emergency department users are patients cumulating at least four visits per year. Few studies have focused on persistent frequent users, who maintain their frequent user status for multiple consecutive years. This study targets an adult population with chronic conditions, and its aims are: 1) to estimate the prevalence of persistent frequent ED use; 2) to identify factors associated with persistent frequent ED use (frequent use for three consecutive years) and compare their importance with those associated with occasional frequent ED use (frequent use during the year following the index date); and 3) to compare characteristics of "persistent frequent users" to "occasional frequent users" and to "users other than persistent frequent users". METHODS:This is a retrospectiv

SUBMITTER: Chiu YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015381 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature