Nonurgent Use of the Emergency Department

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-376

  Redstone, Paul ^a,b   Vancura, Jennifer L ^a   Barry, Daniel ^a   Kutner, Jean S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 6510/F729 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Department; Emergency; Overcrowding; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CROWDING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 56149114271     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAC.0000336555.54460.fe     Document Type: Article

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