Objective: A 2002 survey of primary healthcare sites found that 51% of rural and 33% of
urban primary care patients reported using the hospital emergency room (ER) in the last 12 …

Introduction: Although emergency departments (EDs) in Canada's rural areas serve
approximately 20% of the population, a serious problem in access to health care services …

One of the factors thought to be causing hospital emergency room (ER) crowding is
excessive use of the ER by the uninsured, who may lack access to other sources of care …

The aim of this study was to estimate the distance Mississippi patients must travel to access
hospital-based emergency rooms (ERs) and to determine whether an association exists …

Methods: This is a prospective study at a tertiary care ED from June to July 2009. Patients
were surveyed to capture demographics, healthcare utilization, and baseline health status …

Objectives To identify characteristics of general practices associated with emergency
hospital admission rates, and determine whether levels of performance and patient reports …

Objective The number of annual patient visits to US emergency departments (ED) has been
increasing since 1995, whereas the number of ED is decreasing. Previous studies have …

Objective To examine the contributions of individual‐and neighborhood‐level spatial access
to care to the utilization of emergency departments (ED s) for preventable conditions through …

Overuse of emergency rooms (ER) is a public health problem. To investigate this issue, a
cross-sectional survey was conducted at the ERs of King Abdul-Aziz Hospital, King Fahd …

The purpose of this report is to examine Ontario's geographic variation in emergency
department (ED) visits for conditions that may be treated in alternative primary care settings …