A Study of Consumer Attitudes About Health Care
The Role of the Emergency Room
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100297 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William C Stratmann (Department of Health Services), Ralph Ullman (Department of Health Services) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1033-1043 |
| Publication date | 1975-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197512000-00005 |
| PMID | 1105026 |
| OpenAlex | W2054328635 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 8 |
Contrary to the traditional role of the emergency room (ER) as a care source for the treatment of urgent medical needs, it is evident that substantial numbers of people now use the ER for the treatment of nonurgent problems. In this paper, we report on public opinion about the role of the ER, the accessibility of medical care, and factors that prompt the use of the ER rather than other sources of care. The data result from a community survey of households (N = 521) in the area of Rochester, New York, representative of a population of about 580,000 people. The findings, which relate ER utilization to source of payment, use of other sources of care, demographic variables, and consumer attitudes illustrate the rationality of the patient's use of ER facilities and reflect the patient's view of the ER as a place to obtain medical treatment when other sources are not available
Business · Environmental health · Health care · Medical care · Medical emergency · Payment · Political science · Population · Public opinion · Rationality · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
Impact of a Primary Care Group Practice on Emergency Room Utilization at a Community Hospital
Introducing a Community Health Center at Mosgiel, New Zealand
Neighborhood variations in the use of hospital emergency rooms for primary care
Acute illness behavior
Acute illness behavior
Psychosocial factors influencing non-urgent use of the emergency room
Primary care and emergency department overcrowding. 1. Achieving proportionate representation in samples
Primary care and emergency department overcrowding. 2. Successful referrals to primary care clinics
The social correlates of regional rates of abortion
Primary care and public emergency department overcrowding
Emergency room use and access to alternative sources of care
The impact of the family and lay others on care-seeking during life-threatening episodes of suspected coronary artery disease
Heavy users of an emergency department-A two year follow-up study
Emergency department utilization by two subcultures in the same geographical region
Hospital care utilization in a 17,000 population sample
An ecological study of the relationship between risk indicators for social disintegration and use of a somatic emergency department
Patterns of visits to hospital-based emergency rooms
Patient's perceptions and uses of a pediatric emergency room
The Types of Families That Use an Emergency Clinic
An Emergency Room??s Patients
Patterns of Medical Care among Users of Hospital Emergency Units
Variations Among Emergency Room Populations
Relationship between Demographic Characteristics, Patientʼs Chief Complaint, and Medical Care Destination in an Emergency Room
A Study of Consumer Attitudes About Health Care
Social Class and Medical Care
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 1998 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |