Geography, Not Health System Affiliations, Determines Patients' Revisits to the Emergency Department.

Kristin L RisingDavid N KarpRhea E PowellTimothy W VictorBrendan G Carr

Published in: Health services research (2017)

Acute care utilization patterns are often independent of health system boundaries. Current population-based health care models that attribute patients to a single provider or health system may be strengthened by considering geographic patterns of acute care utilization.

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