Analysis reveals changing patterns of emergency department use in rural and urban populations, indicating new challenges for safety-net hospitals.
Rural EDs are experiencing important changes in utilization rates, increasingly serving a larger proportion of traditionally disadvantaged groups and with greater pressure as safety-net hospitals.
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