title: [An exploration of factors that influence the frequency of the use of hospital emergency services and admissions].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine how some factors connected with Continuous Care Points (CCP) affect attendance at hospital Casualty departments and admittance from them.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ecological study.
  
  
  METHODS
  León Health area.
  
  
  METHODS
  All the CCP's belonging to the León Health area.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Average attendance at hospital Casualties was 15.7 per 1,000 inhabitants per month. Those patients who brought with them a P10 form were more likely to be admitted (39.5% to 26.5%) than those who did not bring this form (p < 0.01). It was concluded from a regression analysis that the distance between the CCP and the hospital decisively affects attendance at hospital Casualties (r = -0.74) and that the admission rate is positively related to distance (r = 0.72) and negatively to the said attendance at Casualties (r = -0.77).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Use of hospital Casualty departments increases as accessibility (distance) improves. Distance and the ageing of the population are factors which have an important effect on the admission rates from Casualties.
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Atención Primaria, Area de Salud de León.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Naveiro Rilo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díez Estrada
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García Jimeno
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Exploración de algunos factores que influyen en la frecuentación a urgencias del hospital y su ingreso.