Distances to emergency department and to primary care provider′s office affect emergency department use in children

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 411-417

  Ludwick, Annameika ^a   Fu, Rongwei ^a,b   Warden, Craig ^a,e   Lowe, Robert A ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*

^b Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department utilization; Health care accessibility; Medicaid; Pediatric emergency medicine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY DELAY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66249137136     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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