The Effects of an Enhanced Primary Care Model for Patients with Serious Mental Illness on Emergency Department Utilization.

This study indicated that an enhanced model of primary care can help decrease ED utilization for primary care conditions. The decline was not seen until the patients were well-established. PMID: 32468391 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32468391?dopt=Abstract

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - May 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Belson C, Sheitman B, Steiner B Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research

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