Potentially avoidable emergency department visits among patients with advanced cancer
A significant proportion of patients with advanced cancer visit the ED and many of these visits were classified as potentially avoidable based on expert judgment and adapted criteria. These findings highlight the need for further research and context-specific strategies, such as care and early palliative integration, to safely reduce unnecessary ED use and enhance quality of life in low- and middle-income settings.
Authors
- Enrique Soto‐Pérez‐de‐Celis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-2163)
- Jacqueline Alcalde-Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-8087)
- Miguel Araujo-Meléndez
- Yanin Chávarri-Guerra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-1817)
- Thierry Hernández‐Gilsoul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9389-9945)
- Roberto Gonzalez-Salazar
- Andrea de-la-O-Murillo
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (MX)
- Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (MX)
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (MX)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ecancermedicalscience
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2025.1984
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00