Change of address as a measure of housing insecurity predicting rural emergency department revisits after asthma exacerbation.

Conclusions: A history of recent address change in the EMR was not independently associated with repeat ED visits for asthma exacerbation. Many children presenting to the ED did not have recent encounters with our health system where address could be ascertained. This EMR-based proxy for housing insecurity may be more applicable to patients under continuous follow-up. PMID: 32878515 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Asthma - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research