Greater control decreased children's rates of
both nonemergency care and ER visits (β = −.17, p <.01 and β = −.24, p <.01, respectively).
Under conditions of highly supportive parenting, children whose parents had experienced lower socioeconomic conditions received higher rates of outpatient
nonemergency care, including more visits for treatment of ear infections.
These included higher rates of visits for
nonemergency care and decreased rates of emergency care and hospitalizations.
Results Greater parental support was associated with increased rates of
nonemergency care and a higher ratio of outpatient to emergency room (ER) services, a pattern reflecting better health and service use.
Although this finding was not consistent with our predictions, it may suggest that at least during early childhood, the greater use of behavioral control may have a protective effect on health, resulting in lower rates of ambulatory care (i.e.,
nonemergency care and ER visits).
Greater behavioral control by parents predicted lower rates of
both nonemergency care and ER visits.
In other words, more supportive parents took their children to the doctor for
nonemergency care more often than less supportive parents.
Greater parental support was associated with increased rates of
nonemergency care and a higher ratio of outpatient to ER services, a pattern typically reflecting better health and effective use of health services (Starfield et al., 2005).
In addition, use of behavioral control by parents predicted lower rates of
both nonemergency care and ER visits, as well as fewer diagnosed respiratory illnesses.
Contrary to expectations, parental structure was not associated with the rate of use of
nonemergency care, ER visits, or hospitalization.
CareCredit, which can also be used to pay for
nonemergency care, offers financing options of six, 12, 18 or 24 months at no interest on purchases of $ 200 or more.
Although a goal of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was to provide Medicaid patients with a source of
nonemergency care outside of hospital emergency departments (EDs), researchers suggest that these newly enrolled patients will likely continue to look to EDs for treatment of chronic diseases and other nonemergency issues, despite state attempts to impose fees on ED visits.
Not exact matches
Transportation problems are estimated to cause about 3.6 million Americans to forgo or delay
nonemergency health
care every year.
Mothers from lower income families were less likely to learn about the importance of regular
nonemergency visits to health
care providers from their own childhood experiences.
The hierarchical regressions were significant for
nonemergency visits [final adj. R2 =.15, F (12, 237) = 4.66, p <.01], ER visits [adj. R2 =.15, F (12, 237) = 4.72, p <.01], ear infections [adj. R2 =.05, F (12, 237) = 2.07, p <.01], and acute respiratory illnesses [adj. R2 =.08, F (12, 237) = 2.84, p <.01], such that these full regression models accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in children's health
care usage.
These data were extracted from their comprehensive health
care records to determine the average rate per year of
nonemergency visits (i.e., primary and specialty outpatient
care), ER visits, and hospitalizations.