Barriers to Primary Care: Perceptions of Older Adults Utilizing the ED for Nonurgent Visits

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-431

  D'Avolio, Deborah A ^a   Strumpf, Neville E ^b   Feldman, James ^c   Mitchell, Patricia ^c   Rebholz, Casey M ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; emergency department (ED); older adults; primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARRIERS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED); EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OLDER ADULTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

BARRIERS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED); OLDER ADULTS; PRIMARY CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84885899913     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: 15523799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1054773813485597     Document Type: Article

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