Trends and Characteristics of Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits Among Patients With Cancer in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An initial step to reducing emergency department (ED) visits among patients with cancer is to identify the characteristics of patients visiting the ED and examine which of those visits could be prevented.

Objective

To explore nationwide trends and characteristics of ED visits and examine factors associated with potentially preventable ED visits and unplanned hospitalizations among patients with cancer in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data on ED visits from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2019; US Cancer Statistics reports were used to estimate new cancer cases each year. Frequencies and trends among 35 510 014 ED visits by adult patients (aged ≥18 years) w

SUBMITTER: Alishahi Tabriz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857289 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature