More than just meds: National survey of providers’ perceptions of patients’ social, economic, environmental, and legal needs and their effect on emergency department utilization

Social Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-28

  Losonczy, Lia ^a   Hsieh, Dennis ^a   Hahn, Chris ^a   Fahimi, Jahan ^a   Alter, Harrison ^a  

^a HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

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