Does better access to primary care reduce utilization of hospital accident and emergency departments? A time-series analysis

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-192

  Oterino De La Fuente, D ^a,b   Banos Pino J F ^a   Blanco, V Fernández ^a   Álvarez, A Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Instituto de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency Departments; Emergency visits; Primary care; Time series

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34047216898     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl085     Document Type: Article

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