Linking emergency department patients to primary care: Phone vs face-to- face interaction

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 817-822

  Kallis, Jean Marie ^a,b,c   Gonzalez Del Rey, Javier A ^a   Ruddy, Richard M ^a   Schubert, Charles J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Emergency services; Health service misuse; Pediatrics; Primary care physicians; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032808257     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb01213.x     Document Type: Article

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