Reducing Emergency Department Use By Children By Extending Primary Care Office Hours

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Start date Jun 23, 2013
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Jun 23, 2013

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Children had half as many emergency department visits if their primary care office had evening office hours on five or more days a week, according to new research from child health experts at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. The new study was published online this month in The Journal of Pediatrics and will be presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting...