Journal article
Effect of Access to After-Hours Primary Care on the Association Between Home Nursing Visits and Same-Day Emergency Department Use
Abstract
PURPOSE: Previous work has demonstrated that home care patients have an increased risk of visiting the emergency department after a home nursing visit on the same day. We investigated whether this association is modified by greater access to after-hours primary care.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-crossover study of home care patients in Ontario, Canada in 2014-2016. Emergency department visits after 5:00 pm were selected as case …
Authors
Jones A; Bronskill SE; Schumacher C; Seow H; Feeny D; Costa AP
Journal
The Annals of Family Medicine, Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 406–412
Publisher
Annals of Family Medicine
Publication Date
September 2020
DOI
10.1370/afm.2571
ISSN
1544-1709