J Emerg Med
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Multicenter Study
Emergency Department Return Visits within A Large Geographic Area.
Return visits to the emergency department (RTED) contribute to overcrowding and may be a quality of care indicator. Previous studies focused on factors predicting returns to and from the same center. Little is known about RTEDs across a range of community and specialty hospitals within a large geographic area. ⋯ Compared to single-center studies, this study linking hospitals within a large geographic area identified a higher proportion of RTEDs with a disproportionate burden on the PED.