Social and structural determinants of emergency department use among Arab and Jewish patients in Jerusalem

• Main Authors: Shifra Unger (Author), Zvika Orr (Author), Evan Avraham Alpert (Author), Nadav Davidovitch (Author), Ilana Shoham-Vardi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A growing body of research demonstrates that economic conditions and racial and ethnic disparities result in excessive overuse of emergency departments (EDs) by a small group of socioeconomically marginalized residents. Knowledge and understanding of these issues on the part of t...