Characteristics, processes, management and outcome of accesses to accident and emergency departments by citizenship

Alessandra Buja (), Marco Fusco, Patrizia Furlan, Chiara Bertoncello, Tatjana Baldovin, Patrizia Casale, Adriano Marcolongo and Vincenzo Baldo

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 1, 167-174

Abstract: The potentially inappropriate use of A and E for non-urgent conditions was common among all the patient groups considered and barriers to primary care may enhance this behavior among migrants. This situation could also explain the higher odds ratio for migrants’ hospitalization and discharge to ambulatory services after A and E visits. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Emergency room; Triage; Immigrants; Illegal; Epidemiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0483-0

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