Driving factors in pediatric emergency department use: an ecological retrospective study
Denis Mongin, Hervé Spechbach, Joachim Marti, Frederic Ehrler, Johan N Siebert · 2026
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Denis Mongin, Johan N Siebert, and co-authors asked why some Geneva neighborhoods send far more children to the pediatric emergency department for minor problems. Crowded departments and low-urgency visits often signal gaps in everyday care. Their 2026 study gathered all visits by children up to age sixteen across two years, grouping them by neighborhood and urgency level.
About half of the nearly sixty-eight thousand visits were low urgency. Two forces worked independently: living closer to the hospital raised use, and so did neighborhood social and economic vulnerability, each explaining up to about a fifth of minor visits. Having more pediatricians nearby helped only slightly. The authors warn that simply expanding primary care would miss these drivers, and they suggest outreach near hospitals and stronger health literacy support for families.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Denis Mongin, Hervé Spechbach, Joachim Marti, Frederic Ehrler, Johan N Siebert |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45392 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |