Referral of medically uninsured emergency department patients to primary care

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 639-642

  McCarthy, Melissa Lee ^a   Hirshon, Jon Mark ^a   Ruggles, Rebecca L ^a   Boland Docimo, Anne ^b   Welinsky, Melvin ^c   Bessman, Edward S ^d  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Australia)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Emergency department; Primary care; Referral; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0036268452     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.6.639     Document Type: Article

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