title: Ambulatory care: what is it and do we need it?
authors.affiliation: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust, Canterbury, Kent.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sturgess
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proudfoot
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D055416:Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom