Potentially avoidable emergency department attendance: Interview study of patients' reasons for attendance

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Agarwal, Shona ^a   Banerjee, J ^b,c   Baker, R ^a   Conroy, S ^a,d   Hsu, R ^a,d   Rashid, A ^d   Camosso Stefinovic, J ^a   Sinfield, P ^a   Habiba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland   (United Kingdom)

^d Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870060885     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200585     Document Type: Article

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