Effect of an Emergency Department Closure on Homeless Patients and Adjacent Hospitals
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DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2021.12.53918
Abstract: Introduction Homeless and housed patients differ on several emergency department (ED) metrics (emergency medical services [EMS] use, chief complaints, admission rates, etc.). On January 1, 2018, Memorial Hospital (MH), a safety-net hospital in Pawtucket, Rhode… read more here.
Keywords: housed patients; emergency department; closure; homeless patients ... See more keywords