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Filter by:This retrospective study is part of a research line from Zuyderland Medical Centre focusing on the acute care chain. The aim of the study is to focus on the frequent visitors of the Emergency Department (ED) and bridge the gap to out-of-hours primary care. Although the Dutch healthcare system is unique with their 24/7 accessibility to primary care, crowding within the acute care chain is a growing problem, even in the Netherlands. Patients visiting an ED multiple times a year, the so called frequent visitors are one of the contributing factors of ED crowding. This relatively small group of patients accounts for a disproportionate number of many ED visits. In the United States, it is estimated that between 4.5 and 8% of patients are responsible for almost one third of the total annual number of ED visits, by visiting the ED four or more times per year. Dutch research by vd Linden found that 0.5% of total ED patients visited their ED frequently, however, they defined frequent visitors using a threshold of 7 visits per year. In our study, the cutoff of more than four visits per year to define a frequent visitor is used. This study aims to gain insight in who Dutch frequent visitors are, or - in other words - what their baseline characteristics are, which complaints are responsible for their healthcare seeking behavior, and do these patients also seek medical help at other places during out-of-hours like a General Practitioner Cooperative (GPC)? Existing ED and GCP data will be used to identify patients who either visited the ED or one of the adjacent GPCs 4 times or more in one year. Using these data, this study aims to answer the following questions: Primary objective: - How many patients present to the ED of the Zuyderland hospital in Heerlen and Sittard 4 times or more a year and what are the characteristics of these frequent visitors of the ED? Secondary objective: - How many patients present to the GPC of South East Limburg 4 or more times a year and what are their characteristics of frequent visitor? - Is there an association between the characteristics of frequent visitors of the ED of the Zuyderland hospital and subsequent (frequent) presentation at the GPC?
A multicenter, prospective and retrospective, observational, post market study.
This is an observational study of the pragmatic implementation of an ED screening, outpatient referral, and care coordination process for older ED patients who may have UCID.
This is an observational cohort study that will assess barriers influencing access to emergency pregnancy, obstetrical and neonatal care.
This is a randomized controlled trial to assess the relative effectiveness of providing Enhanced Transitions of Care (ETOC) to improve patient outcomes after discharge from the Emergency Department (ED). Patients who are being discharged from the ED and have had a previous ED visit or hospital admission within the Thomas Jefferson Hospital System (TJUH or Methodist) within the past 90 days will be eligible for enrollment in this trial. Patients who consent to enrollment will be randomized to discharge by usual care or discharge with ETOC as provided by the company BoardRounds.