Open AccessPrimary care and public emergency department overcrowding.
Author(s) -
Kevin Grumbach,
Dennis Keane,
Andrew B. Bindman
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.3.372
Subject(s) - emergency department , overcrowding , medicine , referral , medical emergency , emergency medicine , primary care , family medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth
Our objective was to evaluate whether referral to primary care settings would be clinically appropriate for and acceptable to patients waiting for emergency department care for nonemergency conditions.
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