The Association of Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Factors with Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prevention quality indicators (PQI) are a set of measures used to characterize healthcare utilization for conditions identified as being potentially preventable with high quality ambulatory care. These indicators have recently been adapted for emergency department (ED) patient presentations. In this study the authors sought to identify opportunities to potentially prevent emergency conditions and to strengthen systems of ambulatory care by analyzing patterns of ED utilization for PQI conditions.

Methods

Using multivariable logistic regression, the authors analyzed the relationship of patient demographics and neighborhood-level socioeconomic indicators with ED utilization for PQI conditions based on ED visits at an urban, academic medical center in 2017. We also

SUBMITTER: Carlson LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8597685 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature