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Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a m...

Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a m...

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Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a monitoring data system

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Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a monitoring data system

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC medicine, 2013-12, Vol.11 (1), p.258-258, Article 258

Language

English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Increasing pressures on emergency departments (ED) are straining services and creating inefficiencies in service delivery worldwide. A potentially avoidable pressure is inappropriate attendances (IA); typically low urgency, self-referred patients better managed by other services. This study examines demographics and temporal trends associated with...

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Who uses emergency departments inappropriately and when - a national cross-sectional study using a monitoring data system

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3886196

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3886196

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ISSN

1741-7015

E-ISSN

1741-7015

DOI

10.1186/1741-7015-11-258

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