scholarly journals Rates of emergency department visits attributable to alcohol use in Ontario from 2003 to 2016: a retrospective population-level study

2019 ◽  
Vol 191 (29) ◽  
pp. E804-E810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Myran ◽  
Amy T. Hsu ◽  
Glenys Smith ◽  
Peter Tanuseputro
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Emergency Department Visits

scholarly journals Patterns of healthcare utilisation for respiratory complications of adults with neuromuscular disease: a population study

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 1800754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Rose ◽  
Douglas McKim ◽  
David Leasa ◽  
Mika Nonoyama ◽  
Anu Tandon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Neuromuscular Disease ◽  
Healthcare Utilisation ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Substantial Variation ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Respiratory Complications ◽  
Respiratory Specialist

Our objective was to quantify health service utilisation including monitoring and treatment of respiratory complications for adults with neuromuscular disease (NMD), identifying practice variation and adherence to guideline recommendations at a population level.We conducted a population-based longitudinal cohort study (2003–2015) of adults with NMD using hospital diagnostic and health insurance billing codes within administrative health databases.We identified 185 586 adults with NMD. Mean age 52 years, 59% female. 41 173 (22%) went to an emergency department for respiratory complications on average 1.6 times every 3 years; 14 947 (8%) individuals were admitted to hospital 1.4 times every 3 years. Outpatient respiratory specialist visits occurred for 64 084 (35%) with four visits every 3 years, although substantial variation in visit frequency was found. 157 285 (85%) went to the emergency department (all-cause) almost 4 times every 3 years, 100 052 (54%) were admitted to hospital. Individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neurone disease (ALS/MND) had more emergency department visits compared with other types of NMD (p<0.0001).One-third of adults with NMD received respiratory specialist care at a frequency recommended by professional guidelines, although substantial variation exists. Emergent healthcare utilisation was substantial, emphasising the burden of NMD on the healthcare system and urgent need to improve community and social supports, particularly for ALS/MND patients.

scholarly journals P108: Alcohol-related emergency department visits by youth aged 12-24: trends over 4 years in one Canadian centre

CJEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (S1) ◽  
pp. S103-S104
Author(s):  
H. Murray ◽  
L. Erlikhman ◽  
T. Graham ◽  
M. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Standard Form ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Mental Health Issue ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
Injury Reporting

Introduction: Recent evidence shows an increase in alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits among youth. Highly publicized collegiate rituals such as Homecoming may create a climate for problematic alcohol use. This study describes the frequency of youth alcohol-related ED visits per year and during pre-specified ritualized drinking dates in one academic centre. Methods: This was a chart review of patients aged 12-24 with alcohol-related ED presentations between Sept 2013-Aug 2017. The National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS) database was searched for visits with ICD-10 codes related to alcohol. The Canadian Hospital Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) database was also searched using the keyword alcohol. Duplicate visits were removed. Visits were excluded if patients had a history of psychosis, were held in the ED for involuntary psychiatric assessment, were homeless, were inmates from a correctional institute, if alcohol use was not mentioned and for complaints of sexual assault/domestic violence. Data abstraction by two reviewers used a standard form with variables predetermined. Differences were resolved with third party adjudication. Interrater reliability of the reviewers was assessed through duplicate review of 10% of randomly selected charts. A further 10% were assessed by a 3rd reviewer for extraction accuracy. Results: A total of 3,256 ED visits were identified with 777 meeting exclusion criteria. The remaining 2,479 visits were reviewed and subclassified into injury (51.8%), acute intoxication (45.1%) and mental health issue (3.2%). Interrater agreement was high for extracted variables with Kappa scores > 0.8. Despite a decrease in the region's youth population during the study period (28,325 to 25,125), overall standardized ED visits by youth increased by 12% (66,538 to 78,129). Adjusted for population, youth alcohol-related visits increased by 86.4% from 1,557 in 2013-14 to 2,902 in 2016-17. Co-ingestion of other substances was reported in 292 (11.8%) of visits, with cannabis the most common (57%). The 17 pre-specified ritualized days saw 578 (23.3%) of ED visits. Conclusion: Alcohol-related ED visits in youth are increasing in our region. Ritualized drinking dates appear to be particularly risky for youth with high rates of observed ED utilization. Strategies to manage high volume ritual days are being piloted, including temporary diversion to an in-hospital sobriety centre.

scholarly journals Quantifying Emergency Department Visits From Sport and Recreation: Focus on the Lower Extremity and Knee, 1997–2009

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Tenan
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Lower Extremity ◽  
Population Level ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Sport And Recreation

Few authors have reported nationally representative data on the number of sport and recreation (SR) injuries resulting in emergency department (ED) visitation. The existing studies have only provided 1 or 2 years of data and are not longitudinal in nature.Context: To use a novel algorithmic approach to determine if ED visitation is due to SR, resulting in a substantially larger longitudinal dataset.Objective: Descriptive epidemiology study.Design: Hospital.Setting: The National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, a stratified random-sample survey of US hospital EDs was combined for years 1997–2009. There were 15 699 unweighted patient visits determined to be from SR.Patients or Other Participants: A custom algorithm classified SR visits based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification E-code and pattern recognition of narrative text. Sport and recreation visits were assessed by age and categorized according to broad injury classifications. Additional quantification was performed on SR visits for lower extremity and knee-specific injuries. Sample weights were applied to provide national annual estimates.Main Outcome Measure(s): Annually, 4 243 000 ED visits resulted from SR. The largest classification of injury from SR was sprains and strains (896 000/y). Males had substantially more SR-related ED visits than females (2 929 000/y versus 1 314 000/y). For patients 10–49 years old, 1 093 000 lower extremity and 169 000 knee-specific injury visits annually were from SR. For both injury types, males had a higher rate of ED visitation; however, females had 25% and 39% greater odds of visitation for lower extremity and knee-specific injury, respectively.Results: The burden on the health system of ED visits from SR was substantial. Males presented in the ED at a higher rate for SR injury, though females had a higher proportion of lower extremity and knee-specific injury ED visitations from SR. This longitudinal analysis of population-level data provides the information to target research on specific subpopulations to mitigate SR injury.Conclusions:

Socioeconomic and Geographic Disparities in Emergency Department Visits due to Alcohol in Ontario: A Retrospective Population-level Study from 2003 to 2017: Disparités Socio-Économiques et Géographiques Dans les Visites au Service D’urgence en raison de L’alcool en Ontario: Une étude Rétrospective Dans la Population, de 2003 à 2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 070674372110273
Author(s):  
Daniel Myran ◽  
Amy Hsu ◽  
Elizabeth Kunkel ◽  
Emily Rhodes ◽  
Haris Imsirovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Income Quintile ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Ed Visits ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Age And Sex

Objective: While the overall health system burden of alcohol is large and increasing in Canada, little is known about how this burden differs by sociodemographic factors. The objectives of this study were to assess sociodemographic patterns and temporal trends in emergency department (ED) visits due to alcohol to identify emerging and at-risk subgroups. Methods: We conducted a retrospective population-level cohort study of all individuals aged 10 to 105 living in Ontario, Canada. We identified ED visits due to alcohol between 2003 and 2017 using defined International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, codes from a pre-existing indicator. We calculated annual age- and sex-standardized, and age- and sex-specific rates of ED visits and compared overall patterns and changes over time between urban and rural settings and income quintiles. Results: There were 829,662 ED visits due to alcohol over 15 years. Rates of ED visits due to alcohol were greater for individual living in the lowest- compared to the highest-income quintile neighbourhoods, and disparities (rate ratio lowest to highest quintile) increased with age from 1.22 (95% CI, 1.19 to 1.25) in 15- to 18-year-olds to 4.17 (95% CI, 4.07 to 4.28) in 55- to 59-year-olds. Rates of ED visits due to alcohol were significantly greater in rural settings (56.0 per 10,000 individuals, 95% CI, 55.7 to 56.4) compared to urban settings (44.8 per 10,000 individuals, 95% CI, 44.7 to 44.9), particularly for young adults. Increases in rates of visits between 2003 and 2017 were greater in rural versus urban settings (82 vs. 68% increase in age- and sex-standardized rates) and varied across sociodemographic subgroups with the largest annual increases in rates of visits in young (15 to 29) low-income women (6.9%, 95%CI, 6.7 to 7.3) and the smallest increase in older (45 to 59) high-income men (2.7, 95%CI, 2.4 to 3.0). Conclusion: Alcohol harms display unique patterns with the highest burden in rural and lower-income populations. Rural–urban and income-based disparities differ by age and sex and have increased over time, which offers an imperative and opportunity for further interventions by clinicians and policy makers.

scholarly journals PL004: A population-based analysis of outcomes in patients with a primary diagnosis of hypertension in the emergency department, using linked datasets

CJEM ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. S30-S30
Author(s):  
S. Masood ◽  
C.L. Atzema ◽  
P. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Primary Diagnosis ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Annual Number ◽  
Complication Rates ◽  
Number Of Visits ◽  
Diagnosis Of Hypertension ◽  
Age And Sex

Introduction: Patients seen primarily for hypertension are common in the emergency department. The outcomes of these patients have not been described at a population level. In this study we describe the characteristics and outcomes of the patients making these visits, as well as changes over time. Methods: This retrospective cohort study used linked health databases from the province of Ontario, Canada, to assess emergency department visits made between April 1, 2002 and March 31, 2012 with a primary diagnosis of hypertension. We determined the annual number of visits as well as the age and sex standardized rates. We examined visit disposition and assessed mortality outcomes and potential hypertensive complications at 7, 30, 90, 365 days and 2 years subsequent to the ED visit. Results: There were 206,147 qualifying ED visits from 180 sites. Visits increased by 64% between 2002 and 2012, from 15793 to 25950 annual visits, respectively. The age- and sex-standardized rate increased from 170/100,000 persons to 228/100,000 persons over the same time period, a 34% increase. Eight percent of visits ended in hospitalization, but this proportion decreased from 9.9% to 7.1% over the study period. Mortality was very low, at less than 1% within 90 days, 2.5% within 1 year, and 4.1% within 2 years. Among subsequent hospitalizations for potential hypertensive complications, stroke was the most frequent admitting diagnosis, but the frequency was still <1% within 1 year. Together hospitalizations for stroke, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, renal failure, hypertensive encephalopathy and dissection were <1% at 30 days. Conclusion: The number of visits made primarily for hypertension has increased dramatically over the last decade. While some of the increase is due to aging of the population, other forces are contributing to the increase. Subsequent mortality and complication rates are low and have declined. With current practice patterns, the feared complications of hypertension are extremely infrequent.

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