Effect of an Emergency Department Closure on Homeless Patients and Adjacent Hospitals

INTRODUCTION: Homeless and housed patients differ on several emergency department (ED) metrics (emergency medical services [EMS] use, chief complaints, admission rates, etc.). On January 1, 2018, Memorial Hospital (MH), a safety-net hospital in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, closed. We studied the impact...

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Autores principales: Gummerson, Scott, Smith, Megan, Warren, Otis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2022
Materias:
Emergency Department Access
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9183772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679498
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2021.12.53918

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9183772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35679498
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2021.12.53918

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