Why do patients with minor or moderate conditions that could be managed in other settings attend the emergency department?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 487-491

  Penson, Robert ^a   Coleman, Patricia ^a   Mason, Suzanne ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861818966     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.107276     Document Type: Article

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