Health mediation: an intervention mode for improving emergency department care and support for patients living in precarious conditions

• Main Authors: Riwan Naït Salem (Author), Michel Rotily (Author), Themistoklis Apostolidis (Author), Sophie Odena (Author), Aurore Lamouroux (Author), Célia Chischportich (Author), Nicolas Persico (Author), Pascal Auquier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Severe overcrowding of emergency departments (EDs) impacts the quality of healthcare. One factor of this overcrowding is precariousness, but it has rarely been considered a key factor in designing interventions to improve ED care. Health mediation (HM) aims to facilitate access t...