Patients who frequently attend to emergency departments are a varying group and have
complex health care needs. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine …

Objective To determine factors associated with frequent emergency department (ED)
attendance at an acute general hospital in Singapore. Method Patients who attended the ED …

Objectives Patients are presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with increasing
complexity at rates beyond population growth and ageing. Intervention studies target …

Objectives This study aimed to determine which factors contribute to frequent visits at the
emergency department (ED) and what proportion were inappropriate in comparison with …

Background A small proportion of patients referred to as 'frequent attenders' account for a
large proportion of hospital activity such as ED attendances and admissions. There is a lack …

Introduction: The burden of frequent attenders (FAs) of emergency departments (EDs) on
healthcare resources is underestimated when single-centre analyses do not account for …

Background A small proportion of patients use an excessively large amount of emergency
care resources which often results in emergency department (ED) overcrowding, decreased …

Background: There is a significant literature examining the reasons why patients attend
emergency departments frequently. This body of work suggests that sociodemographic …

Background Emergency department (ED) frequent attenders (FAs) have a higher rate of
adverse outcomes compared to infrequent attenders. Aims The primary aim was to describe …

Objective This systematic review examines whether frequent emergency department (ED)
users experience higher mortality, hospital admissions and outpatient visits than non …