The Relationship between Same-Day Access and Continuity in Primary Care and Emergency Department Visits.

We examined how emergency department (ED) visits for potentially preventable, mental health, and other diagnoses were related to same-day access and provider continuity in primary care using administrative data from 71,296 patients in 22 VHA clinics over a three-year period. ED visits were categoriz...

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Main Authors: Jean Yoon, Kristina M Cordasco, Adam Chow, Lisa V Rubenstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4557991?pdf=render