Effectiveness of hospital emergency department regionalization and categorization policy on appropriate patient emergency care use: a nationwide observational …

CY Lin, YC Lee - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a health services issue
worldwide. Modern health policy emphasizes appropriate health services utilization …

Appropriateness of emergency care use: a retrospective observational study based on professional versus patients' perspectives in Taiwan

CY Lin, YC Lee - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The objectives of this study are to refine the measurement of appropriate
emergency department (ED) use and to provide a natural observation of appropriate ED use …

Trends in the utilisation of emergency departments in California, 2005–2015: a retrospective analysis

RY Hsia, SH Sabbagh, J Guo, TJ Nuckton… - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To examine current trends in the characteristics of patients visiting California
emergency departments (EDs) in order to better direct the allocation of acute care resources …

Patient motivators for emergency department utilization: a pilot cross-sectional survey of uninsured admitted patients at a university teaching hospital

K Lozano, UC Ogbu, A Amin, B Chakravarthy… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background During the past several decades, emergency department (ED) increasing
volume has proven to be a difficult challenge to address. With the advent of the Affordable …

Emergency department utilization in the United States and Ontario, Canada

G Li, JT Lau, ML McCarthy, MJ Schull… - Academic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The current crisis in the emergency care system is characterized by worsening
emergency department (ED) overcrowding. Lack of health insurance is widely perceived to …

[图书][B] Using Data to Inform Appropriateness in Saskatchewan's Health Care System: A Snapshot of Low Acuity Emergency Department Use

TN Todd - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Background Emergency department (ED) use for low acuity medical conditions is widely
regarded as a contributor to health system inefficiency. Low acuity conditions are semi …

The impact of hospital and patient factors on the emergency department decision to admit

LSH Warner, JE Galarraga, O Litvak, S Davis… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Substantial variation exists in rates of emergency department (ED) admission.
We examine this variation after accounting for local and community characteristics …

Impact of health care system interventions on emergency department utilization and overcrowding in Singapore

V Anantharaman - International journal of emergency medicine, 2008 - Springer
Abstract Background Public emergency departments (EDs) in Singapore were facing
increasing attendances (visits) with frequent overcrowding in the 10 years from 1975 to …

Factors associated with choosing the emergency department as the primary access point to health care: a Canadian population cross-sectional study

R Ohle, M Ohle, JJ Perry - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2017 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveApproximately 4.3 million Canadians are without a primary care physician, of
which 13% choose the emergency department (ED) as their regular access point to health …

Community characteristics affecting emergency department use by Medicaid enrollees

RA Lowe, R Fu, ET Ong, PB McGinnis, LJ Fagnan… - Medical care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: In seeking to identify modifiable, system-level factors affecting emergency
department (ED) use, we used a statewide Medicaid database to study community variation …