Cancer patients as frequent attenders in emergency departments: A national cohort study

• Main Authors: Wong T.H., Lau Z.Y., Ong W.S., Tan K.B., Wong Y.J., Farid M., Teo M.C.C., Yee A.C.P., Nguyen H.V., Ong M.E.H., Iyer N.G.
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: adolescent; adult; age; aged; Article; bone metastasis; brain cancer; brain metastasis; cancer patient; Charlson Comorbidity Index; cohort analysis; controlled study; digestive system cancer; disease association; emergency care; emergency ward; esophagus cancer; female; gender; head and neck cancer; health care utilization; hematologic malignancy; hepatopancreas; high risk patient; hospital discharge; hospitalization; housing; human; hypopharynx cancer; liver cancer; liver metastasis; lung cancer; lung metastasis; lymphatic leukemia; major clinical study; male; medical record review; middle aged; mortality; nonhodgkin lymphoma; pancreas cancer; pleura cancer; priority journal; public hospital; retrospective study; Singapore; socioeconomics; spine cancer; stomach cancer; tongue cancer; trachea cancer; young adult; ambulatory care; comorbidity; emergency health service; hospital emergency service; incidence; neoplasm; patient attitude; risk factor; very elderly; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ambulatory Care; Comorbidity; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Young Adult
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/175045
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1002/cam4.1728