A Primary Care Emergency Service Reduction Did Not Increase Office-Hour Service Use: A Longitudinal Follow-up Study

• मुख्य लेखकों: Mika Lehto (लेखक), Katri Mustonen (लेखक), Jarmo Kantonen (लेखक), Marko Raina (लेखक), Anna-Maria K. Heikkinen (लेखक), Timo Kauppila (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: SAGE Publishing, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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This study, conducted in a Finnish city, examined whether decreasing emergency department (ED) services in an overcrowded primary care ED and corresponding direction to office-hour primary care would guide patients to office-hour visits to general practitioners (GP). This was an observational retros...