Primary Care Spatial Density and Nonurgent Emergency Department Utilization: A New Methodology for Evaluating Access to Care.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the spatial and demographic characteristics of pediatric patients who make nonurgent visits (NUVs) to an urban pediatric emergency department (ED). We hypothesized that the rate of NUVs would be inversely associated with the spatial density of primary care providers (PCPs). M...

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Published in:	Academic Pediatrics Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 278 - 286
Main Authors:	Mathison, David J., Chamberlain, James M., Cowan, Nuala M., Engstrom, Ryan N., Fu, Linda Y., Shoo, Anthony, Teach, Stephen J.
Format:	research tables/charts Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier B.V. May/Jun2013
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost