The Impact of Ambulatory Care Centers on Emergency Medicine

Overview

Journal Emerg Med Clin North Am

Specialty Emergency Medicine

Date 1987 Feb 1

PMID 3816689

Citations 5

Authors

R A Hellstern

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

This article traces the origin and evolution of freestanding ambulatory care centers, and relates their development to corresponding changes in medicine in general and in emergency medicine in particular. The impact of these centers on the practice of emergency medicine is discussed. The future relationship of the physicians practicing in these centers to the specialty of emergency medicine and the changes that they will most probably foster in the medical care delivery system are examined.

Citing Articles

Innovations to reduce demand and crowding in emergency care; a review study.

Mason S, Mountain G, Turner J, Arain M, Revue E, Weber E Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2014; 22:55.

PMID: 25212060 PMC: 4173055. DOI: 10.1186/s13049-014-0055-1.

Patient satisfaction and quality of care in walk-in clinics, family practices and emergency departments: the Ontario Walk-In Clinic Study.

Hutchison B, Ostbye T, Barnsley J, Stewart M, Mathews M, Campbell M CMAJ. 2003; 168(8):977-83.

PMID: 12695380 PMC: 152680.

Walk-in centres in primary care: a review of the international literature.

Salisbury C, Munro J Br J Gen Pract. 2003; 53(486):53-9.

PMID: 12564280 PMC: 1314495.

Walk-in clinics in Ontario. An atmosphere of tension.

Brown J, Bouck L, Ostbye T, Barnsley J, Mathews M, Ogilvie G Can Fam Physician. 2002; 48:531-6.

PMID: 11935717 PMC: 2213998.

Walk-in clinics: implications for family practice.

Rizos J, Anglin P, Grava-Gubins I, Lazar C CMAJ. 1990; 143(8):740-5.

PMID: 2207937 PMC: 1452406.