Ambulatory Care Access and Postdischarge Adverse Events after Emergency Department Visits Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Research Objective Numerous clinical guidelines endorse timely follow‐up after an emergency department (ED) visit as a quality indicator. However, there are little data on how often ambulatory follow‐up care after an ED visit occurs, and whether follow‐up rates are associated with adverse events. Study Design We used Medicare data to identify ED visits from 2011 to 2016. We limited our sample to p…