A Patient-Centered Emergency Department Management Strategy for Sickle-Cell Disease Super-Utilizers
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A Patient-Centered Emergency Department Management Strategy for Sickle-Cell Disease Super-Utilizers
INTRODUCTION A subpopulation of sickle-cell disease patients, termed super-utilizers, presents frequently to emergency departments (EDs) for vaso-occlusive events and may consume disproportionate resources without broader health benefit. To address the healthcare needs of this vulnerable patient population, we piloted a multidisciplinary intervention seeking to create and use individualized pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1936-900X,1936-9018
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2016.11.32273