Journal article
Understanding the Impact of Chronic Pain in the Emergency Department: Prevalence and Characteristics of Patients Visiting the Emergency Department for Chronic Pain at an Urban Academic Health Sciences Centre
Abstract
Background: Canadians make approximately 16 million visits to the emergency department (ED) each year. ED visits for non-urgent reasons contribute to suboptimal patient care and ineffective resource use. Aims: To estimate the proportion of ED visits related to chronic pain at our institution. Methods. We conducted a retrospective review of 1000 randomly selected ED visits at TOH during the 2012-2013 fiscal year (April 1, 2012 to March 31, …
Authors
Small RN; Shergill Y; Tremblay S; Nelli J; Rice D; Smyth C; Poulin PA
Journal
Canadian Journal of Pain, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 106–113
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
January 2019
DOI
10.1080/24740527.2019.1587290
ISSN
2474-0527