STUDY OBJECTIVE: Frequent emergency department (ED) users have been the targets of
health care reform proposals and hospital crowding interventions, but it is not clear that …

Background A small proportion of patients use an excessively large amount of emergency
care resources which often results in emergency department (ED) overcrowding, decreased …

Study objective Frequent users of emergency departments (EDs) are a relatively small group
of vulnerable patients accounting for a disproportionally high number of ED visits. Our …

BACKGROUND: Case management (CM) is a commonly cited intervention aimed at
reducing Emergency Department (ED) utilization by “frequent users,” a group of patients that …

Study objective: We describe, in comparison with a control group, frequent attenders to an
emergency department in terms of their general health service use and their clinical …

Study objective: We sought to determine the proportion of emergency department patients
who frequently use the ED and to compare their frequency of use of other health care …

Objective: To identify predictors and outcomes associated with frequent emergency
department (ED) users. Methods: Cross‐sectional intake surveys, medical chart reviews …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We describe the epidemiology of frequent users of emergency
departments (EDs), using a statewide dataset derived from linked ED, observation stay, and …

In efforts to decrease emergency department (ED) crowding and health care costs, frequent
users of ED services have been targeted for interventions to decrease their utilization …

Objective—To explore what lies behind repeated emergency department (ED) use, from the
patients' own perspectives. Methods—Qualitative study based on in depth interviews with …