Urgent care and the emergency department: providing the right ambulatory care settings.
Emergency services are asked to treat a significant volume of patients that require nonemergent care. Alternative strategies have been proposed for managing this patient population, ranging from free-standing urgent care centers to the integration of urgent care patients with other patients treated in the ED. This article explores issues and physical options surrounding the provision of patient care of urgent care patients in the emergency services.
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Frank Zilm & Assoc., Inc., Kansas City, MO, USA.
D000465:Algorithms; D019985:Benchmarking; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006752:Hospital Planning; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D017748:Time Management; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States