Characteristics of the Frontier Extended Stay Clinic: a new facility model.
CONCLUSION: While many of communities can support a facility for primary care, there is an on-going need for facilities in remote frontier areas to also provide emergent and extended-stay care. The FESC can provide access to primary, emergent and extended-stay services in these locations.
PMID: 23967412 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Frazier R, Doucette S Tags: Int J Circumpolar Health Source Type: research
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