Does Access to Comprehensive Outpatient Care Alter Patterns of Emergency Department Utilization Among Uninsured Patients in East Baltimore?

• Egile Nagusiak: Lauren Block (Egilea), Sai Ma (Egilea), Matthew Emerson (Egilea), Anne Langley (Egilea), Desiree de la Torre (Egilea), Gary Noronha (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: SAGE Publishing, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Background: The annual number of emergency department (ED) visits in the United States increased 23% between 1997 and 2007. The uninsured and those with chronic medical conditions are high users of emergency care. Objective: We sought to determine whether access to comprehensive outpatient primary a...