Accessing care: Use of a specialized women's emergency care facility for nonemergent problems

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-277

  Matteson, Kristen A ^a,b   Weitzen, Sherry H ^a   Lafontaine, Donna ^a   Phipps, Maureen G ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Division of Research Women and Infants Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 43049142633     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0292     Document Type: Article

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