| Title |
Utah health status update: primary care sensitive emergency department visits / |
| Subject |
Public health; Health status indicators; Outcome assessment (Medical care); Emergency medical services; Hospitals; Primary health care; Health services accessibility; Emergency Services, Hospital; Public Health; Health Status; Utah; Health Status Indicators; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Primary Health Care; Primary Prevention; Health Services Accessibility; Small-Area Analysis |
| Description |
Hospital Emergency Departments (ED) have a critical role as a safety net provider in a community. For the uninsured, underinsured, or those who otherwise have limited access to primary care providers, the ED serves as the primary means of entry into the health care system. Therefore, ED utilization profiles can provide proxy information about the accessibility to primary and preventive care in a community. Using the 2001 Utah emergency department outpatient-encounter data the Utah Health Data Committee and Utah Department of Health have examined policy issues related to access to primary care and health care seeking behavior in Utah. |
| Date |
2004-06 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Digitization Specifications |
680,442 bytes |
| Resource Identifier |
0406_ED_Visits.pdf |
| Source |
http://health.utah.gov/opha/publications/hsu/0406_ED_Visits.pdf |
| Relation |
EHSL Bib# 90148 |
| Coverage |
2001 |
| Setname |
ehsl_ophl |
| ID |
188287 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64m950f/188287 |
