Objectives Administrative claims data sets are often used for emergency care research and
policy investigations of healthcare resource utilization, acute care practices, and evaluation …

** BACKGROUND** Patients often inappropriately seek emergency services for ambulatory
care--sensitive conditions (ACSCs). The unnecessary use of emergency departments (EDs) …

Study objective We determine whether visit patterns indicative of higher continuity are
related to a lower risk of presenting at the emergency department (ED) among older adults …

Objectives Policymakers have increasingly focused on emergency department (ED)
utilization for primary care–treatable conditions as a potentially avoidable source of rising …

Objective There has been concern that an increase in billing for high-intensity emergency
care is due to changes in coding practices facilitated by electronic health records. We sought …

Objective Homeless patients are a vulnerable population with a higher incidence of using
the emergency department (ED) for noncrisis care. Multiple charity programs target their …

Background Continuity of care is a basic tenant of primary care practice. However, the
evidence on the importance of continuity of care for older adults with complex conditions is …

This purpose of this mixed methods study was to understand access to primary care among
older adults who present to an inner city emergency department (ED) for nonurgent care …

Study objective Previous studies have shown that charges for inpatient and clinic
procedures vary substantially; however, there are scant data on variation in charges for …

Objective: Conceptually, access to primary care (through insurance) should reduce
emergency department (ED) visits for primary care sensitive (PCS) conditions. We sought to …