Reducing frequent visits to the emergency department:A systematic review of interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Soril, Lesley J J ^a,b   Leggett, Laura E ^a,b   Lorenzetti, Diane L ^a,c   Noseworthy, Tom W ^a,b   Clement, Fiona M ^a,b  

^a Department Community Health Sciences Teaching Research and Wellness Building ^*  (Canada)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION SHARING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; COST SAVINGS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928894479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123660     Document Type: Review

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