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Published on: November 9, 2016
Emergency Department Use: Influence of Connection to a Family Physician on ED Use and Attempts to Avoid Presentation
Lynette D Krebs1, Scott W Kirkland2, Cristina Villa-Roel3
1Research coordinator with the Emergency Medicine Research Group (EMeRG) in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alberta.
Abstract:
Some low-acuity emergency department (ED) presentations are potentially avoidable with improved primary care access. The majority of ED patients (74.4%) in this study had a family physician, but the frequency of visits varied substantially. The variable frequency of patients' visits to these providers calls into question the validity of linkage assumptions. Several sociodemographic factors were associated with having a family physician, including female sex, being married/common law, race (Caucasian), being employed over the previous 12 months and having received a flu shot in the past year. These factors need to be explored further.
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