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9795543

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-12
pubmed:abstractText
The cost of health care is a growing concern to the military. Many military clinic appointments and emergency department visits are unnecessary; they are for minor, self-limiting illnesses and injuries that could be treated at home. Military health care can no longer afford the luxury of treating minor illnesses and injuries in the hospital setting. This paper examines one method for military beneficiaries to obtain health care services appropriately. A selected group of military family members received a medical self-care book and an education session, which resulted in more appropriate decision-making about when to use the health care system. This was a 6-month, experimental study using control and experimental groups, with surveys before and after the study period. The self-care book was used 628 times to help make more informed decisions about when to seek medical care. The mean number of clinic and emergency room visits (p = 0.02) decreased for those using the medical self-care book.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0026-4075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
678-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
A military application of a medical self-care program.
pubmed:affiliation
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433-5762, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial