Impact of an Internet-Based Emergency Department Appointment System to Access Primary Care at Safety Net Community Clinics

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-284

  Chan, Theodore C ^a   Killeen, James P ^a   Castillo, Edward M ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a   Guss, David A ^a   Feinberg, Roberta ^b   Friedman, Lawrence ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Eye Care of San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC REFERRAL SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 67650492130     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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