Adolescents’ Use of the Emergency Department

Background : Many of the 18 million emergency department visits by adolescents annually in the United States are for nonurgent problems that might be addressed in a primary care setting. Methods : As part of a larger randomized controlled intervention, 1023 adolescents aged 12 to 21 years registerin...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Alderman MD, Jeffrey Avner MD, Andrew Racine MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Primary Care & Community Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2150131911413595