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- Title
Nonurgent emergency department visits.
- Authors
Kellermann, Arthur L.
- Abstract
Editorial. Discusses the presence of nonurgent emergency room (ER) visits in American hospitals. Percentage of emergency room visits which are nonurgent problems; Lack of primary provider as the reason patients present to the ER with nonurgent problems; Consideration of ERs as part of the health care system solution.
- Subjects
UTILIZATION of hospital emergency service
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1994, Vol 271, Issue 24, p1953
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.1994.03510480077038