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2024-03-29T05:03:54ZUtilization of a rural hospital in Ontario, Canada: understanding reasons for repeat emergency department visits and multiple admissions over a fourteen-month period
https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3446
Title: Utilization of a rural hospital in Ontario, Canada: understanding reasons for repeat emergency department visits and multiple admissions over a fourteen-month period
Authors: Prevost, C.R.; Ritchie, S.D.; Sherman, J.E.; Pomerleau, J.; Gauthier, A.P.; Wenghofer, E.F.; VanderBurgh, D.
Abstract: This study highlights the most common reasons for repeat emergency
department (ED) visits and diagnoses of repeat hospital admissions at the Smooth Rock
Falls Hospital, located in a rural community in Northern Ontario, Canada. The aim of this
study was to help hospital administrators identify patients at high risk of frequent hospital
resource utilization (ED visit or admissions) so that if appropriate, they may be redirected
to alternative services available in the community. Therefore, the two main research
questions for this study were: (1) Which types of patients are more prone to having repeat
ED visits and hospital admissions; and (2) What types of services could help improve the
health of these patients?2020-01-01T00:00:00Z