{
  "abstract": "Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with increased likelihood of emergency department (ED) attendance across the spectrum of illness severity.1 Despite limited evidence of benefit to patients and health systems,2 redirection of low-acuity ED patients to primary care has been adopted by many healthcare systems internationally, with the aim of reducing ED overcrowding. As patients experiencing socioeconomic deprivation have poorer access to primary healthcare than their more affluent counterparts,3 there is a risk that redirection results in unmet needs for this vulnerable patient group and exacerbates the Inverse Care Law, that ‘the availability of good medical care varies inversely with the need for it in the population served’.4 This study aimed to assess how redirection policies impact different groups; to inform system design and ensure patients are redirected to services that are accessible.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Emergency Medicine Training Programme, West of Scotland, Scotland Deanery, Glasgow, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Ryan McHenry"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Emergency Department, University Hospital Hairmyres, East Kilbride, Scotland, UK",
        "Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Marion Campbell"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, UK"
      ],
      "name": "David Chung"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "General Practice & Primary Care, University of Glasgow School of Health and Wellbeing, Glasgow, Scotland, UK"
      ],
      "name": "David Blane"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Emergency Department, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Alasdair R Corfield"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with redirection to other services from the emergency department: a multicentre retrospective cross-sectional study",
  "uid": "f593ae43-9cc9-527b-bcf5-22ef62bcf95e"
}