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ReviewSingapore medical journal2025

Integrated care at the emergency department: an investment for better health.

Steven Hoon Chin Lim, Colin Eng Choon Ong, Arron Seng Hock Ang, Khai Pin Lee, Jean Mui Hua Lee, Venkataraman Anantharaman

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Review in Singapore medical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Steven Hoon Chin LimAccident and Emergency Department, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Colin Eng Choon OngAccident and Emergency Department, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore.
Arron Seng Hock AngAccident and Emergency Department, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Khai Pin LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine (Children's Emergency), KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
Jean Mui Hua LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore.
Venkataraman AnantharamanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractIt is crucial that policy makers, healthcare providers and relevant stakeholders understand how integrated care may be improved at our emergency departments (EDs) and what benefits that would bring. The potential that exists for right-siting care of special patient groups who could be managed in an ambulatory setting with the integration of a variety of hospital-based and community-based clinical support services is tremendous. This review describes the best practice and value of integrated care at the EDs. Local evidence is cited and compared with findings from overseas. The opportunities of care transition interventions among discharged patients are outlined, including that for paediatric patients, palliative care patients and patients with chronic diseases. This review also suggests ways to move forward to meet the aim of providing holistic care at EDs through integrated care programmes, innovation and research.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health Care, IntegratedEmergency Service, HospitalChronic DiseaseHumansPalliative Care

Identifiers

PMID37171447
PMCPMC11906104

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