Difficulties with shelter, transportation, insurance, and health care costs are linked with heavier emergency department usage by so-called “super-user” patients in urban areas, according to research at Henry Ford Hospital. The conclusions were drawn in the first of two studies on frequent users in inner-city emergency departments. Findings from the studies will be presented June 4 and June 5 at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine in Phoenix.
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2 studies: Social factors, ‘super users’ and urban emergency departments
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