Frequent emergency department visits are more prevalent in psychiatric, alcohol abuse, and dual diagnosis conditions than in chronic viral illnesses such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 520-525

  Minassian, Arpi ^a,b   Vilke, Gary M ^c,d   Wilson, Michael P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veteran's Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

frequent visitors; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; HIV; psychiatric; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; CROWDING (AREA); EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FREQUENT VISITOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

FREQUENT VISITORS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV; PSYCHIATRIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884675455     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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