The effect on the patient flow in local health care services after closing a suburban primary care emergency department: a controlled longitudinal follow-up study

Abstract Background It has not been studied what happens to patient flow to EDs and other parts of local health care system if distances to ED services are manipulated as a part of health policy in urban areas. Methods The present work was an observational and quasi-experimental study with a control...

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Main Authors: Katri Mustonen, Jarmo Kantonen, Timo Kauppila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-017-0460-3