Patient motives behind low-acuity visits to the emergency department in Germany: a qualitative study comparing urban and rural sites

OBJECTIVES: The increasing number of low-acuity visits to emergency departments (ED) is an important issue in Germany, despite the fact that all costs of inpatient and outpatient treatment are covered by mandatory health insurance. We aimed to explore the motives of patients categorised with low-acu...

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Autores principales: Schmiedhofer, Martina, Möckel, Martin, Slagman, Anna, Frick, Johann, Ruhla, Stephan, Searle, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5129074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27852722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013323

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5129074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27852722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013323

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