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Association between comorbid mental illness and preceding emergency department visits in unplanned admissions.

Ayako OkumaMikio NakajimaTomohiro SonooKensuke NakamuraTadahiro Goto
Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2023)
The presence of mental illness was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of preceding ED visits within 30 days prior to the unplanned admission. The result suggests that physicians should be more cautious in discharging patients with mental illness from the EDs and in providing care after ED discharge.
Keyphrases
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  • emergency department
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