Emergency Department Workload Increase: Dependence on Primary Care?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-285

  Tranquada, Kim E ^a   Denninghoff, Kurt R ^a,b   King, Melanie E ^c   Davis, Stephen M ^d   Rosen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c St Bernard Medical Center   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; ED visits; primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; WEST VIRGINIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77949913952     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.11.031     Document Type: Article

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