ReviewJournal of health services research & policy2021
Clarifying the concept of avoidable emergency department attendance.
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Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Validating the Emergency Department Avoidability Classification (EDAC): A cluster randomized single-blinded agreement study.PloS one · 2024Trial
- Disparities in the potentially avoidable use of emergency services by citizenship: a two-year cross-sectional study in Italy.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Striving to make the right decision when seeking emergency care: patients' stories of navigating support alternatives in a digital society, a qualitative study.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Frequent emergency department users in Finnish public healthcare - a nationwide registry-based study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Avoidable visits to the paediatric emergency department: associated factors and lessons learned from the pandemic.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Groups May Have Underused The Emergency Department For Nonavoidable Visits, 2018-22.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2025Article
- Assessing the Validity of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Measure in Identifying Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits by Patients With Cancer.JCO oncology practice · 2025Article
- Current Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine: A Narrative Review.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2025Article
- General Practice Community Pharmacist Consultation Service: an exploratory patient survey.BJGP open · 2025Article
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- Identification of avoidable patients at triage in a Paediatric Emergency Department: a decision support system using predictive analytics.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- "I do not know the advantages of having a general practitioner" - a qualitative study exploring the views of low-acuity emergency patients without a regular general practitioner toward primary care.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Use of Artificial Intelligence in Triage in Hospital Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2024Article
- Patients' experiences and perceptions of dignity in end-of-life care in emergency departments: A qualitative study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Article
- Community Pharmacist Consultation Service: A Survey Exploring Factors Facilitating or Hindering Community Pharmacists' Ability to Apply Learnt Skills in Practice.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Pathways to the emergency department - a national, cross-sectional study in Sweden.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Review
- "A little bit more looking…listening and feeling" A qualitative interview study exploring advanced clinical practice in primary care and community pharmacy.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2022Article
- Designing and describing an electronic referral system to facilitate direct hospital admissions.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Young adults' healthcare utilisation and healthcare needs: Perceptions and experiences of healthcare providers.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Emergency department attendances are rising in several countries. Many of the policies aimed at reducing emergency department attendances are based on the assumption that a proportion of current utilization is 'avoidable' and therefore could be reduced. In considering how to achieve this aim, it is important to first understand the problem. In this essay, we review the literature on the concept and identification of avoidable emergency department attendances in England. We identified three areas of inconsistency surrounding avoidable emergency department attendances: the terminology, the underlying definition, and the method used to identify avoidable attendances. We offer a more nuanced definition which may better support action to reduce emergency department activity. Recognizing that there are different types of undesirable utilization which vary by underlying causes and potential solutions will aid policy makers in identifying areas where policies targeting reductions in emergency department attendances would best be directed.
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