Objectives To investigate the characteristics and healthcare utilisation of high-cost patients
and to compare high-cost patients across payers and countries. Design Systematic review …

Objective To describe policy interventions that have the objective to reduce ED use and to
estimate their effectiveness. Methods Narrative review by searching three electronic …

Addressing health workforce shortage, maldistribution and performance challenges is
essential for progress towards all health-related goals, including universal health coverage …

Emergency department (ED) crowding, sometimes referred to as overcrowding, has been
identified as a barrier to timely and efficient care dating back to the 1980s. 1 Despite …

Background Knowledge translation (KT, also known as research utilization, and sometimes
referring to implementation science) is a dynamic and iterative process that includes the …

Importance Over the past decade, reducing 30-day readmission rates has been emphasized
in the United States (including via the implementation of the Hospital Readmissions …

Abstract Objective To summarize the 2018 Diabetes Canada clinical practice guidelines,
focusing on high-priority recommendations for FPs managing people who live with type 2 …

As Canada's population ages, frailty–with its increased risk of functional decline,
deterioration in health status, and death–will become increasingly common. The physiology …

Introduction The elderly, who suffer from multiple chronic diseases, represent a substantial
proportion of Emergency Department (ED) frequent users, thus contributing to ED …

Objectives To examine the effect of an emergency department (ED)‐based transitional care
nurse (TCN) on hospital use. Design Prospective observational cohort. Setting Three US …