National Study of the Relation of Primary Care Shortages to Emergency Department Utilization

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-282

  Richman, Ilana B ^a   Clark, Sunday ^a   Sullivan, Ashley F ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

primary care shortage; utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847054265     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.10.093     Document Type: Article

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