Emergency department use by recently diagnosed cancer patients in California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving the quality of cancer care and reducing preventable health system use are goals of increasing importance to health practitioners and policy makers. Emergency department (ED) visits are often cited as a source of preventable health system use, however, few studies have described the incidence of ED use by recently diagnosed cancer patients in population-based samples, and no study has addressed the full spectrum of cancer types.

Objective

To describe ED use by recently diagnosed cancer patients.

Methods

California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development data and the California Cancer Registry were used to describe ED use in the year after a cancer diagnosis (2009-2010). The incidence of ED use was tabulated by cancer type. Logistic regr

SUBMITTER: Lash RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673305 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature