Implementing a case management intervention for frequent users of the emergency department (I-CaM): an effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial study protocol

• Main Authors: Véronique S. Grazioli (Author), Joanna C. Moullin (Author), Miriam Kasztura (Author), Marina Canepa-Allen (Author), Olivier Hugli (Author), Judy Griffin (Author), Francis Vu (Author), Catherine Hudon (Author), Yves Jackson (Author), Hans Wolff (Author), Bernard Burnand (Author), Jean-Bernard Daeppen (Author), Patrick Bodenmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background ED overcrowding represents a significant public health problem in developed countries. Frequent users of the emergency departments (FUEDs; reporting 5 or more ED visits in the past year) are often affected by medical, psychological, social, and substance use problems and account...