Understanding drivers of emergency department visits among patients from populations disproportionately affected by acute care use during cancer treatment: insights from qualitative interviews
Jennifer Elston Lafata, Ethan Gibbons, Solomon Ayehu, Soroush Fariman, William A Wood, Jacob N Stein, Benyam Muluneh, Emily M Ray · 2026
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Jennifer Elston Lafata and co-authors interview in 2026 cancer patients from groups hit hardest by emergency care use, asking what drives their emergency department visits during treatment. Such visits burden patients and families, and many might be preventable. Ten patients, all Black and/or insured by Medicaid, described symptoms, decisions, and barriers in depth interviews.
Two routes led to the emergency room: patients going themselves, or clinicians sending them. Underneath both sat the same drivers. Symptoms flared alongside worry and uncertainty. Trusted advice between visits was hard to reach. Self-management tools felt weak. Patients also tended to normalize treatment symptoms at first.
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| CREATOR | Jennifer Elston Lafata, Ethan Gibbons, Solomon Ayehu, Soroush Fariman, William A Wood, Jacob N Stein, Benyam Muluneh, Emily M Ray |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |