ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2021
Epidemiology of Frequent Visits to the Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia: Rate, Visitors' Characteristics, and Associated Factors.
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- Profile of Otorhinolaryngology-Related Emergency Department Visits and Revisits in a Tertiary Care Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Factors Associated With 72-Hour Emergency Department Revisits at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2026Article
- Causes and consequences of overcrowding in emergency departments and its impact on patients' care at main governmental hospitals in Gaza Strip: a cross-sectional study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Characteristics of emergency department visits in Jordanian public hospitals.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Heartbeat of Healing: Exploring Organizational Culture in a Tertiary Hospital's Emergency Medicine Department and Its Influence on Employee Behavior and Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Perceived Causes and Effects of Overcrowding Among Nurses in the Emergency Departments of Tertiary Hospitals: A Multicenter Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of adult patients presenting to a low resource, tertiary care emergency department in Pakistan: Challenges & Outcomes.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of Emergency Department Overcrowding in Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Review
- Overcrowding in Emergency Department: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions-A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Epidemiology of visits and predictors of admission at an obstetrics and gynecology emergency room in Saudi Arabia: Implications for women's health services in primary care.Women's health (London, England)Article
- Factors that contribute to non-urgent utilization of emergency services in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEmergency department overcrowding is becoming a challenge for the healthcare management system globally and locally. This study aimed to estimate the frequency of ED visits, describe the patients' profile along with visit-related characteristics, and associated factors in a tertiary care hospital.
methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital. The study included patients age 14 years and above visiting the main emergency department in year 2013. Data were extracted from electronic medical records by a qualified data extraction team. Statistical analyses were performed, including the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval for the factors associated with highly frequent (≥14 visits) ED visits using logistic regression models.
resultsThere were 150,727 visits to the emergency department within a year. The number of frequent visitors was 7696 (9.38%), with 42,226 visits (28.01% of total ED visits). Highly frequent visitors totaled 249 (0.30%), with 5173 visits (3.43% of total ED visits). The frequent visitors' average age was 42.55 (SD 20.14), and 48.99 (SD 21.33) for the highly frequent visitors' group. More than half of the emergency visitors were females. The most common complaints among the highly frequent visitors were Gastrointestinal (21.34%), followed by Respiratory (13.47%), Orthopedic (12.57%), and Cardiovascular (12.43%). Multivariate analysis indicated that age, history of diabetes, history of cardiac diseases, insurance status, and nationality were significant predicators of highly frequent visits to the hospital emergency.
conclusionFrequent and highly frequent visitors to emergency departments represent a significant proportion of adult patients presenting to ED. Their visits constitute almost one-third of total ED visits. Several factors associated with highly frequent ED visits have been identified. This study provides local empirical evidence to develop improvement policy and actions related to chronic issue of frequent and highly frequent visitation to hospital ED.
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