TY - JOUR AU - Doheny, Megan AU - Agerholm, Janne AU - Orsini, Nicola AU - Schön, Pär AU - Burström, Bo PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/29 TI - Socio-demographic differences in the frequent use of emergency department care by older persons: a population-based study in Stockholm County JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 202 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - In Sweden, the number of older people using emergency department (ED) care is rising. Among older persons an ED visit is a stressful event, which potentially could have been prevented or treated at other levels of care. Frequent ED use (> 4 visits a year) by older persons might reflect issues in the organisation of health care system to address their needs. We aimed to explore socio-demographic differences among older people seeking ED care in terms age and gender, and to investigate the association between income and frequent ED use. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4029-x DO - 10.1186/s12913-019-4029-x ID - Doheny2019 ER -