NONURGENT USE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT - APPROPRIATE OR NOT

被引：45

作者：

GILL, JM

机构：

[1] Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Medical Center of Delaware, Wilmington

来源：

ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE | 1994年 / 24卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/S0196-0644(94)70213-6

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

People often assume that the use of hospital emergency departments for nonurgent problems is inappropriate. To test this assumption, several questions must be answered. These include, ''How do we determine what is appropriate use of an ED?''; ''How can we measure urgency in the ED?''; ''Is care for nonurgent problems less effective in an ED than in a primary care facility?''; and ''Is nonurgent care more costly in an ED than in a primary care facility?'' These four questions are addressed, and suggestions for future research that would help answer these questions are made.

引用

页码：953 / 957

页数：5

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