Research
Continuity of primary care and emergency department utilization among elderly people
Raluca Ionescu-Ittu, Jane McCusker, Antonio Ciampi, Alain-Michel Vadeboncoeur, Danièle Roberge, Danielle Larouche, Josée Verdon and Raynald Pineault
CMAJ November 20, 2007 177 (11) 1362-1368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.061615
Raluca Ionescu-Ittu MSc
Jane McCusker MD DrPH
Antonio Ciampi PhD
Alain-Michel Vadeboncoeur MD
Danièle Roberge PhD
Danielle Larouche MSc
Josée Verdon MD MSc
In this issue
Article tools
Respond to this article
Continuity of primary care and emergency department utilization among elderly people
Raluca Ionescu-Ittu, Jane McCusker, Antonio Ciampi, Alain-Michel Vadeboncoeur, Danièle Roberge, Danielle Larouche, Josée Verdon, Raynald Pineault
CMAJ Nov 2007, 177 (11) 1362-1368; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.061615
Jump to section
Related Articles
Cited By...
- The impact of remote care approaches on continuity in primary care: a mixed-studies systematic review
- Walk-in clinic patient characteristics and utilization patterns in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study
- The impact of remote care approaches on continuity in primary care: a mixed-studies systematic review
- Older persons living with dementia and their use of acute care services over 2 years in Alberta
- Interprofessional Primary Care and Acute Care Hospital Use by People With Dementia: A Population-Based Study
- Measuring the Value Functions of Primary Care: Physician-Level Continuity of Care Quality Measure
- CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers
- Continuity in general practice as predictor of mortality, acute hospitalisation, and use of out-of-hours care: a registry-based observational study in Norway
- Emergency department use for mental and substance use disorders: descriptive analysis of population-based, linked administrative data in British Columbia, Canada
- Characteristics of frequent emergency department users in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective analysis
- Association between continuity and access in primary care: a retrospective cohort study
- Factors associated with inappropriate use of emergency departments: findings from a cross-sectional national study in France
- Combined impacts of multimorbidity and mental disorders on frequent emergency department visits: a retrospective cohort study in Quebec, Canada
- Effect of primary health care reforms in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador: Interrupted time-series analysis
- How to decide adequately? Qualitative study of GPs view on decision-making in self-referred and physician-referred emergency department consultations in Berlin, Germany
- Disparities in health outcomes among seniors without a family physician in the North West Local Health Integration Network: a retrospective cohort study
- Comparative morbidities and the share of emergencies in hospital admissions in deprived areas: a method and evidence from English administrative data
- The association between home care visits and same-day emergency department use: a case-crossover study
- Association of socioeconomic status with outcomes in older adult community-dwelling patients after visiting the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study
- Relation between family physician retention and avoidable hospital admission in Newfoundland and Labrador: a population-based cross-sectional study
- Ontario primary care models: a descriptive study
- Primary care physician use across the breast cancer care continuum: CanIMPACT study using Canadian administrative data
- Ameliorer les soins primaires: La continuite est une question de relations
- Improving primary care: Continuity is about relationships
- Validation of 2 New Measures of Continuity of Care Based on Year-to-Year Follow-up With Known Providers of Health Care
- Impact of Continuity of Care on Mortality and Health Care Costs: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea
- Which features of primary care affect unscheduled secondary care use? A systematic review
- Associations between primary healthcare and unplanned medical admissions in Norway: a multilevel analysis of the entire elderly population
- Provider Practice Characteristics That Promote Interpersonal Continuity
- Does better access to FPs decrease the likelihood of emergency department use?: Results from the Primary Care Access Survey
- Extended Office Hours and Health Care Expenditures: A National Study
- Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Follow-Up Care for Patients With Colorectal Cancer in Nova Scotia
- Factors predicting patient use of the emergency department: a retrospective cohort study
- Population-Based Longitudinal Study of Follow-Up Care for Breast Cancer Survivors
- Capitation and enhanced fee-for-service models for primary care reform: a population-based evaluation
- Promoting continuity of care should be integral to any health care system