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Resources by Topic: Emergency department and urgent care services

Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient 2014
Discusses regional trauma systems and levels of trauma centers. Chapter 13 focuses on rural trauma care.
Author(s): Michael F. Rotondo, Chris Cribari, R. Stephen Smith
Date: 2014
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: American College of Surgeons
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Emergency Department Visits for Adults with Diabetes, 2010
Provides data on emergency department (ED) visits among patients 18 years or older with diabetes. Table 1 provides data by location of patients' residence, urban or rural, for ED visits overall, those resulting in hospitalization, and those resulting in treatment and release.
Author(s): Raynard E. Washington, Roxanne M. Andrews, Ryan Mutter
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report - United States, 2013
Addresses the differences in mortality and disease risk factors related to behaviors, access to healthcare, and social determinants of health in both rural and urban settings.
Citation: MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), 62(3)
Date: 11/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Performance Improvement Prescribing Guideline Reduces Opioid Prescriptions for Emergency Department Dental Pain Patients
Measures the effect of a departmental guideline on the rate of opioid prescriptions written for patients aged 16 and older presenting with dental pain in two rural emergency departments. Analysis was done by performing a controlled chart review for the period before and after the guideline was implemented.
Author(s): Timothy R. Fox, James Li, Sandra Stevens, Tracy Tippie
Citation: Annals of Emergency Medicine, 62(3)
Date: 09/2013
Type: Document
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Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Emergency Services and Telemedicine: Implications for Emergency Services Condition of Participation (CoPs) and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) On-Call Compliance
Memorandum clarifying the CMS Conditions of Participation (CoP) for Critical Access Hospital emergency services and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) On-Call Compliance.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Overview of Children in the Emergency Department, 2010
Presents data on emergency department visits for children younger than 18 in 2010. Discusses rural throughout. Includes data by location of patient residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Lauren M. Wier, Hao Yu, Pamela L. Owens, Raynard Washington
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Health, United States, 2012: With Special Feature on Emergency Care
Presents an annual overview of national trends in health statistics. Covers health status and determinants, healthcare utilization, access, and expenditures. Includes data on rural areas - see index under "metropolitan/nonmetropolitan data." 2012 edition includes a special section exploring emergency care in the United States.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Center for Health Statistics
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Emergency Department Transfers to Acute Care Facilities, 2009
Presents national estimates on emergency department visits in 2009. Discusses emergency department transfers to other acute care hospitals, with information by location of patient residence for urban and rural locations.
Author(s): Dana Kindermann, Ryan Mutter, Jesse Pines
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Infectious Enteritis and Foodborne Illness in the United States, 2010
Provides data on hospital inpatient stays and treat-and-release emergency department (ED) visits for infectious enteritis and foodborne noninfectious gastroenteritis and diarrhea. Includes data by location of patient's residence for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Jennifer Lucado, Shamis Mohamoud, Lan Zhao, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 03/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Inpatient Stays for Seasonal and 2009 H1N1 Influenza, 2008-2009
Compares emergency department visits and hospitalizations for influenza in a typical year, 2008, with 2009's H1N1 pandemic. Includes data by location of the patient's residence, for urban and rural areas.
Author(s): Lori Uscher-Pines, Anne Elixhauser
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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