PURPOSE Adults with intellectual disabilities experience poorer physical health and health
care quality, but there is limited information on the potential for reducing emergency hospital …

Background Hospital admissions for preventable reasons [ambulatory care sensitive (ACS)
conditions] can indicate gaps in access to or quality of primary care. This paper seeks to …

Background Annual health checks for adults with intellectual disability (ID) have been
incentivised by National Health Service (NHS) England since 2009, but it is unclear what …

Background People with intellectual disability (ID) have poorer health than the general
population; however, there is a lack of comprehensive national data describing their health …

Emergency room (ER) and hospital utilization among people with intellectual and
developmental disabilities (IDD) are significant contributors to rising healthcare costs. This …

Background People with intellectual disabilities may have inequalities in hospital
admissions compared with the general population. The present authors aimed to investigate …

Introduction Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) can be seen as failure of access
or management in primary care settings. Identifying factors associated with ACSCs for …

Objective To determine rates of potentially preventable hospitalisation of people with
intellectual disability in New South Wales, and compare them with those for the NSW …

Background There is evidence that persons with an intellectual disability (ID) face barriers to
primary care; however, this has not been extensively studied at the population level. Rates …

Adults with intellectual disability have high health care needs. Despite frequent contact with
health services, they often receive inadequate health care. One method to improve health …