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Qualitative evaluation of primary care providers' experiences caring for frequent users of the emergency department.

Laureline BrunnerMarina Canepa AllenMary MalebrancheCatherine HudonNicolas SennOlivier HugliFrancis VuChristina AkréPatrick Bodenmann
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
This study highlights the many challenges PCPs face in caring for FUEDs, that a CM intervention has the potential to mitigate, and provides ways forward in improving FUEDs' care, including reinforced communication with the CMT and ED physicians, and structural changes to their own way of delivering care to FUEDs.
Keyphrases
  • emergency department
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • palliative care
  • quality improvement
  • randomized controlled trial
  • pain management
  • mental health
  • affordable care act
  • systematic review
  • risk assessment
  • human health