title: Distribution of health handbook leads to reduction in ER visits.
abstract: In the upper Northwest, whole communities are using the demand management guidebook and other tools developed by Healthwise Communities Project, and emergency department utilization appears to be dropping as a result.
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D007061:Idaho; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012648:Self Care