Regular Source of Ambulatory Care and Medical Care Utilization by Patients Presenting to a Public Hospital Emergency Department
JAMAPublished 22 June 1994
David W. Baker
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Patients who identify an emergency department as their regular source of ambulatory care used physician services less frequently than patients with access to providers in other settings, and these issues require further evaluation with population-based surveys.
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Our patients rely heavily on emergency departments for ambulatory physician visits, regardless of their reported regular source of care. However, patients who identify an emergency department as their regular source of ambulatory care used physician services less frequently than patients with access to providers in other settings. These issues require further evaluation with population-based surveys.
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