Open AccessThe relevance of continuity of care: a solution for the chaos in the emergency services
Author(s) -
Aírton Tetelbom Stein
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
family practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.955
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1460-2229
pISSN - 0263-2136
DOI - 10.1093/fampra/19.2.207
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , emergency department , logistic regression , odds ratio , complaint , statistical significance , emergency medicine , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , political science , law
In Brazil, there continues to be an excessive use of emergency services by patients with elective medical problems. Those patients who report having a primary care physician are less likely to utilize the emergency department for non-urgent consultations.
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