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The term “frequent flyer” is used to describe patients who health professionals believe game the system for benefits other than medical treatment or who, by virtue of their health conditions, must return to the hospital often for ongoing therapy.
7 wrz 2020 · The aim of this research is to obtain a deeper insight into the phenomenon of frequent flyer hospital admissions. Our objectives were to understand the patients’ perspectives on the cause of their frequent hospital admissions and to identify the perceived consequences of the frequent flyer status.
14 kwi 2005 · Rising healthcare costs and tight budgets mean that Primary care trusts (PCT) are under pressure to reduce their admissions to hospital. One target group of patients is those with multiple admissions, or the so-called “frequent fliers”.
“Frequent flyers” - also known as health system high utilizers - pose special challenges for emergency departments (ED) and Inpatient units. By definition, these patients have a high number of potentially avoidable ED visits and hospitalizations.
4 kwi 2005 · We defined “frequent fliers” as patients admitted as inpatients in the 2001-2 financial year who were subsequently readmitted three or more times within a 12 month period. They represented 14.1% of all patients but accounted for 30.6% of admissions.
19 paź 2016 · The notion that the patient is a “’frequent flyer’ may interfere with the assessment of legitimate somatic symptoms and may cause the clinician to withhold or delay needed tests and procedures, which could lead to serious negative outcomes,” the researchers wrote.
21 sie 2019 · In this study, we used data-mining methods to cluster ED frequent flyers at a large academic medical center in the US. The objective was to identify distinct types of frequent flyers, and the common characteristics associated with each type.
