Using administrative data on high system users to call for deeper health system interventions

Shawn Mondoux^{1

2

3}, Iwona Bielska^{4

5}, Ivy Cheng^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Shawn Mondoux et al. CJEM. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar;23(2):141-142.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00094-y. Epub 2021 Mar 11.

Shawn Mondoux^{1

2

3}, Iwona Bielska^{4

5}, Ivy Cheng^{6

7}

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
³ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. shawn.mondoux@medportal.ca.
⁴ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁷ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Characteristics of frequent users of emergency departments in Alberta and Ontario, Canada: an administrative data study.
Chen A, Ospina M, McRae A, McLane P, Hu XJ, Fielding S, Rosychuk RJ. Chen A, et al. CJEM. 2021 Mar;23(2):206-213. doi: 10.1007/s43678-020-00013-7. Epub 2021 Jan 4. CJEM. 2021. PMID: 33709355

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