Emergency Health Care Use among Sociodemographic Groups of Children Presenting to Emergency Departments for Self-Harm in Alberta

• Published in: CJEM
• Main Authors: Newton, Amanda S., Tsang, Conrad I., Rosychuk, Rhonda J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2015
• Subjects: Emergency Medicine; Canada; Meier; First Nations
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cem.2015.1; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1481803515000019

Abstract Objective To examine sociodemographic variations among children <18 years in (1) rates of self-harm visits to emergency departments (EDs) and (2) physician follow-up after the self-harm visit in Alberta. Methods A retrospective, population-based cohort (2002–2011) of ED visits for se...