title: What cost savings could be realized by shifting patterns of use from hospital emergency rooms to primary care sites?
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: White-Means
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Thornton
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011320:Primary Health Care; D044469:Racial Groups; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States