Effect of the Neighborhood Health Center on the Use of Pediatric Emergency Departments in Rochester, New York

Authors:
  • LHLouis I. Hochheiser
    Louis I. Hochheiser
  • KWKenneth Woodward
    Kenneth Woodward
  • ECEvan Charney
    Evan Charney
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Abstract
Neighborhood health centers can be an important new development in medical care for indigents in a metropolitan community. The effectiveness of one of these centers in reducing the number of pediatric visits to emergency departments was studied by comparison of the number of emergency-department visits by Health Center area children in 1967, before the Center opened, with the number of visits by Center-area children in 1969 and 1970, nine and 21 months after the Health Center was established. The changes were compared with other child populations in areas lacking health centers.