Primary care patients in the emergency department: Who are they? A review of the definition of the 'primary care patient' in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 472-479

  Bezzina, Andrew J ^a,b,d   Smith, Peter B ^a,b   Cromwell, David ^b,c   Eagar, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Inappropriate patient; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 28444461753     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2005.00779.x     Document Type: Review

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