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2021 Feb 17


BMC Health Serv Res


21


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CONECT-6: a case-finding tool to identify patients with complex health needs.

Authors

Hudon C, Bisson M, Dubois M-F, Chiu Y, Chouinard M-C, Dubuc N, Elazhary N, Sabourin V, Vanasse A
BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Feb 17; 21(1):157.
PMID: 33596929.

Abstract

Early identification of patients with chronic conditions and complex health needs in emergency departments (ED) would enable the provision of services better suited to their needs, such as case management. A case-finding tool would ultimately support ED teams to this end and could reduce the cost of services due to avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a short self-administered case-finding tool in EDs to identify patients with chronic conditions and complex health needs in an adult population.