Socioeconomic composition of low-acuity emergency department users in Ontario

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Van Stone, Nancy A ^a   Belanger, Paul ^a   Moore, Kieran ^a   Caudle, Jaelyn M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACUITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PATIENT ACUITY; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925545604     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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