Neighborhood socioeconomic factors and characteristics correlated with avoidable emergency department visits: A spatial analysis of a Canadian academic hospital

• Ryan P. Strum ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Strumr@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliations Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-4734

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• Brent McLeod,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Hamilton Paramedic Services, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2297-4311

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• Andrew P. Costa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Shawn Mondoux

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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