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The Impact of an Emergency Fee Increase on the Composition of Patients Visiting Emergency Departments

OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to test our hypothesis that a raise in the emergency fee implemented on March 1, 2013 has increased the proportion of patients with emergent symptoms by discouraging non-urgent emergency department visits. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of 728 736 patients registered...

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Autores principales: Jung, Hyemin, Do, Young Kyung, Kim, Yoon, Ro, Junsoo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4263005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25475198
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.14.044