Access and care issues in urban urgent care clinic patients
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Access and care issues in urban urgent care clinic patients
BACKGROUND Although primary care should be the cornerstone of medical practice, inappropriate use of urgent care for non-urgent patients is a growing problem that has significant economic and healthcare consequences. The characteristics of patients who choose the urgent care setting, as well as the reasoning behind their decisions, is not well established. The purpose of this study was to deter...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-222