The volume of medical services delivered within hospital emergency departments in the City
of Saskatoon is increasing rapidly. These probably are not “new” medical services but rather …

Emergency-room visits in the United States increased from 18,000,000 in 1958 to
44,000,000 in 1968. Most community hospitals have thus far responded inadequately to this …

EARLY in 1954 a survey of the Emergency Suite at Hartford Hospital was undertaken by a
special joint committee of the medical and surgical staff and the administration. The action …

AN INCREASING demand for medical care has been noted in hospital emergency rooms
across the country. Studies in metropolitan area hospitals have documented the demand for …

The primary role of an emergency service to provide care for the acutely and seriously ill or
injured patient must not be neglected because of the rapidly rising use of emergency rooms …

BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL is a large (1000-bed) nonprofit institution with a vigorous
ambulatory service program. Every day 1300 to 1400 patients are seen in the Out-patient …

During 1963, the number of visits to hospital emergency departments in Rochester, NY,
equaled one fifth of the county population. A detailed one-month analysis of the 2,372 …

Most significant developments in the practice of medicine have occurred in this century.
During the last two decades several factors have resulted in the emergency department's …

The provisions of this recently enacted national legislation1 are generally unknown to
physicians and the public alike. The Act provides for grants2 for planning, initial …

Evaluation of emergency room visits of 2,505 patients seen by one physician in a rural
community hospital during a three-year period demonstrated that approximately one third of …