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10729665

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
This study uses Medicare data to compare emergency department (ED) use by rural and urban elderly beneficiaries. The U.S. Health Care Financing Administration's National Claims File was used to identify services provided to Medicare beneficiaries in Washington State in 1994. Patients were classified by urban, adjacent rural, or remote rural residence. We identified ED visits and associated diagnostic codes, assigned severity levels for presenting conditions, and determined the specialties of physicians providing ED services. The rural elderly living in remote areas are 13% less likely to visit the ED than their urban counterparts. Causes of ED use by the elderly do not vary meaningfully by location. Most ED visits by this group are for conditions that seem appropriate for this setting. Given the similarity of diagnostic conditions associated with ED visits, rural EDs must be capable of dealing with the same range of emergency conditions as urban EDs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0736-4679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
289-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Emergency department use by the rural elderly.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4696, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't