This study recently published in the journal JAMA Network Open confirms the link between the burden of caregivers and a return to emergency for their loved ones within 30 days of a first visit. The first author, Nathalie Germain, is a member of Dr. Patrick Archambault’s research team and the methodological platform of the CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches Research Center. With her team, she studied a cohort of 1,409 dyads who visited one of the emergencies in Chaudière-Appalaches from January 2019 to December 2021. Their result highlights the need to improve care transitions to reduce this burden. To find out more
Caregiver Burden and 30-Day Emergency Department Revisits
