Health system use and outcomes of urgently triaged callers to a nurse-managed telephone service for provincial health information after initiation of supplemental …

K Ho, RB Abu-Laban, K Stewart, R Duncan… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: British Columbia's 8-1-1 telephone service connects callers with nurses for
health care advice. As of Nov. 16, 2020, callers advised by a registered nurse to obtain in …

Increased demand for paramedic transports to the emergency department in Ontario, Canada: a population-level descriptive study from 2010 to 2019

RP Strum, IR Drennan, FI Mowbray, S Mondoux… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We examined changes in annual paramedic transport incidence over the ten years
prior to COVID-19 in comparison to increases in population growth and emergency …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fulfillment of patient expectations after spine surgery is critical to patient satisfaction: a cohort study of spine surgery patients

YR Rampersaud, M Canizares, AV Perruccio… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction is an important indicator used to monitor quality of care
and outcomes after spine surgery. OBJECTIVE: To examine the complex relationship …

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 …

Factors associated with emergency department visits and consequent hospitalization and death in Korea using a population-based national health database

J Park, Y Yeo, Y Ji, B Kim, K Han, W Cha, M Son… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
We aim to investigate common diagnoses and risk factors for emergency department (ED)
visits as well as those for hospitalization and death after ED visits. This study describes the …

Associations between adverse childhood experiences and emergency department utilization in an adult medicaid population

K Lyon-Scott, H Cohen-Cline - International journal of environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are widely prevalent but unevenly distributed in the
United States, with disadvantaged groups, especially those with low socioeconomic status …

Transitions in health care settings for frequent and infrequent users of emergency departments: a population-based retrospective cohort study

RJ Rosychuk, AA Chen, MB Ospina, AD McRae… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Efforts to reduce emergency department (ED) volumes often target frequent
users. We examined transitions in care across ED, hospital, and community settings, and in …

Emergency department utilization and hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among unattached people actively seeking a primary care provider …

EG Marshall, D Stock, R Buote, MK Andrew, M Breton… - MedRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background Primary care (PC) attachment improves healthcare access and prevention and
management of chronic conditions. Yet, growing proportions of Canadians are unattached …