Emergency Department High Utilizers among Family Medicine Patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 264 - 268
• Main Authors: Kirkpatrick, Stacey, Agana, Denny Fe G, Lynch, Kim, Carek, Peter J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Chronic Pain - epidemiology; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Family Practice - statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; United States; United States; Public Health; Demography; Outpatients; Medicare; Delivery of Health Care; Primary Health Care; Emergency Departments; Medicaid

Increases in emergency department (ED) use are contributing to inefficient health care spending and becoming a public health concern. Previous studies have identified characteristics of ED high utilizers aimed at designing interventions to improve efficiency. We aim to expand on these findings in a...