Gill J M
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical Center of Delaware, Wilmington.
Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Nov;24(5):953-7. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70213-6.
People often assume that the use of hospital emergency departments for nonurgent problems is inappropriate. To test this assumption, several questions must be answered. These include, "How do we determine what is appropriate use of an ED?"; "How can we measure urgency in the ED?"; "Is care for nonurgent problems less effective in an ED than in a primary care facility?"; and "Is nonurgent care more costly in an ED than in a primary care facility?" These four questions are addressed, and suggestions for future research that would help answer these questions are made.
人们常常认为利用医院急诊科处理非紧急问题是不合适的。为了验证这一假设，必须回答几个问题。这些问题包括：“我们如何确定急诊科的合理使用方式？”；“我们如何衡量急诊科的紧急程度？”；“在急诊科处理非紧急问题的效果是否不如在初级保健机构？”；以及“在急诊科进行非紧急护理的成本是否高于在初级保健机构？”本文探讨了这四个问题，并提出了有助于回答这些问题的未来研究建议。
