Social factors in frequent callers: a description of isolation, poverty and quality of life in those calling emergency medical services frequently

BACKGROUND: Frequent users of emergency medical services (EMS) comprise a disproportionate percentage of emergency department (ED) visits. EDs are becoming increasingly overwhelmed and a portion of use by frequent callers of EMS is potentially avoidable. Social factors contribute to frequent use how...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Gina, Lee, Janice, McLeod, Brent, Mahmuda, Sabnam, Howard, Michelle, Cockrell, Krista, Angeles, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6964-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6547509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31159766
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6964-1

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