Characterising emergency department high-frequency users in a rural hospital.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest a more complex picture of rural ED services and their relationship with primary care and dental services, which needs to be defined before policy development to reduce ED use.
PMID: 24351523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Rural Remote Health - December 18, 2013 Category: Rural Health Authors: Hardie TL, Polek C, Wheeler E, McCamant K, Dixson M, Gailey R, Lafrak K Tags: Emerg Med J Source Type: research