STUDY OBJECTIVE: Frequent emergency department (ED) users have been the targets of
health care reform proposals and hospital crowding interventions, but it is not clear that …

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

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify frequent users of the emergency department (ED) and
determine the characteristics of these patients. METHODS: Using the 2000 to 2001 …

Study objective Frequent users of emergency departments (EDs) are a relatively small group
of vulnerable patients accounting for a disproportionally high number of ED visits. Our …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify factors that define frequent and highly frequent emergency
department (ED) users. METHODS: Administrative health care records were used to define …

BACKGROUND: Case management (CM) is a commonly cited intervention aimed at
reducing Emergency Department (ED) utilization by “frequent users,” a group of patients that …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We describe the epidemiology of frequent users of emergency
departments (EDs), using a statewide dataset derived from linked ED, observation stay, and …

Study objective There is widespread concern about patients with frequent emergency
department (ED) use. We identify sociodemographic and clinical factors most strongly …

Background: Return visits to the emergency department (ED) or hospital after an index ED
visit strain the health system, but information about rates and determinants of revisits is …

Objectives The authors sought to describe the epidemiology of and risk factors for recurrent
and high‐frequency use of the emergency department (ED) by children. Methods This was a …