What is it about?
This study uses the output area classification (OAC) to locate social groups, with their associated health behaviours, which have high A&E utilization, high admission rates from A&E and who also progress to the critical care unit.
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Why is it important?
Social groups allow far more precise identification of high utilization than deprivation. Deprivation is unlikely to be the real driver of demand after first adjusting for social group.
Perspectives
Part of a series looking at the use of social groups to target persons needing primary care intervention. see, http://www.hcaf.biz/2010/Publications_Full.pdf
Dr Rodney P Jones
Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting
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This page is a summary of: Using Social Groups to Locate Areas with High Emergency Department Attendance, Subsequent Inpatient Admission and Need for Critical Care, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, January 2016, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/bjmmr/2016/29208.
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