Emergency department return visits and hospital admissions in trauma team assessed patients initially discharged from the emergency department: A population-based cohort study
CONCLUSION
Patients discharged directly have high rates of ED return visits but low rates of hospital admission or delayed surgical intervention. Trauma services should expand quality assurance initiatives to capture return visits, understand any gaps in clinical service provision, and aim to minimize unnecessary ED return visits.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE
Prognostic/Epidemiological; Level IV.
Source: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Category: Surgery Tags: INDEPENDENT SUBMISSIONS Source Type: research
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