Identifying factors associated with high use of acute care in Canada: protocol of a population-based retrospective cohort study
Introduction High-cost users (HCUs) account for a small proportion of the population but use a disproportionately large share of healthcare resources. Although HCUs exist in all healthcare types, acute care is the most expensive type of service and the most significant contributor to expenditures am...
Main Authors: | Mengmeng Zhang, Jinhui Ma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMJ Open |
Online Access: | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e038008.full |
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