Reducing High-Users’ Visits to the Emergency Department by a Primary Care Intervention for the Uninsured: A Retrospective Study

Reducing High-Users’ Visits to the Emergency Department by a Primary Care Intervention for the Uninsured: A Retrospective Study

Reducing avoidable emergency department (ED) visits is an important health system goal. This is a retrospective cohort study of the impact of a primary care intervention including an in-hospital, free, adult clinic for poor uninsured patients on ED visit rates and emergency severity at a nonprofit h...

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Main Authors: Meng-Han Tsai PhD, MHA, Sudha Xirasagar MBBS, PhD, Scott Carroll MD, Charles S. Bryan MD, Pamela J. Gallagher DBA, MBA, CPA, Kim Davis DO, Edward C. Jauch MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018763917

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018763917

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