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...

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Main Authors: Mengmeng Zhang, Jinhui Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/10/e038008.full