Perspectives of older patients on the preventability of their unplanned emergency department return visit within 30 days in the Netherlands: a multicentre mixed methods study

Objective Older adults are prone to unplanned emergency department (ED) return visits (URVs). Knowledge about patient perspectives on the preventability and reasons for these URVs is limited and lacks a representable ED study population. This study aims to determine the proportion of URVs and to exp...

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Main Authors: Gert P Westert, Steef van den Broek, Yvonne Schoon, Gijs Hesselink, Özcan Sir, Marije Roordink, Odette Willems
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-01-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1/e088972.full