Profiles of high emergency department users with mental disorders

B Armoon, Z Cao, G Grenier, X Meng… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background This study aimed to (1) identify profiles of high emergency department (ED)
users (3+ visits/year) among 5409 patients with mental disorders (MD) based on their …

Reasons for repeated emergency department visits among community‐dwelling older adults with dementia in Ontario, Canada

A Jones, LC Maclagan, JA Watt… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Community‐dwelling older adults living with dementia visit the emergency
department (ED) more frequently than other older adults, but research on the reasons for …

Through an equity lens: illuminating the relationships among social inequities, stigma and discrimination, and patient experiences of emergency health care

C Varcoe, AJ Browne, V Bungay… - … Journal of Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
People who experience the greatest social inequities often have poor experiences in
emergency departments (EDs) so that they are deterred from seeking care, leave without …

Characterizing people with frequent emergency department visits and substance use: a retrospective cohort study of linked administrative data in Ontario, Alberta, and …

J Moe, YE Wang, MJ Schull, K Dong… - BMC Emergency …, 2022 - Springer
Background Substance use is common among people who visit emergency departments
(EDs) frequently. We aimed to characterize subgroups within this cohort to better understand …

People who make frequent emergency department visits based on persistence of frequent use in Ontario and Alberta: a retrospective cohort study

J Moe, EY Wang, MJ McGregor, MJ Schull… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The factors that underlie persistent frequent visits to the emergency department
are poorly understood. This study aimed to characterize people who visit emergency …

Characteristics of high-resource health system users in rural and remote regions: A scoping review

M LeBlanc, T McGaughey, PA Peters - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
A small proportion of health care users are recognized to use a significantly higher
proportion of health system resources, largely due to systemic, inequitable access and …

Emergency Department Use among Patients with Mental Health Problems: Profiles, Correlates, and Outcomes

MJ Fleury, Z Cao, G Grenier - International Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Patients with mental health (MH) problems are known to use emergency departments (EDs)
frequently. This study identified profiles of ED users and associated these profiles with …

EQUIP emergency: can interventions to reduce racism, discrimination and stigma in EDs improve outcomes?

C Varcoe, AJ Browne, N Perrin, E Wilson… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Despite a publicly funded system, health care in Canada has been shown to be
deeply inequitable, particularly toward Indigenous people. Based on research identifying …

Risk profiles of frequent outpatients among public assistance recipients in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using a classification and regression trees algorithm

D Nishioka, S Kino, K Ueno, N Kondo - Bmj Open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Although several individual risk factors of frequent outpatient attendance (FOA)
have previously been reported, identifying a specific risk profile is needed to provide …

Subgroups of people who make frequent emergency department visits in Ontario and Alberta: a retrospective cohort study

J Moe, EY Wang, MJ McGregor, MJ Schull… - … Open Access Journal, 2022 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The population that visits emergency departments frequently is heterogeneous
and at high risk for mortality. This study aimed to characterize these patients in Ontario and …