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Use of the Emergency Department by Somali Immigrants and Refugees

Author(s): 
DeShaw, P.
Publisher: 
Minnesota Medical Foundation
Date Published: 
August, 2006

Staff at a hospital emergency department (ED) located in an urban neighborhood densely populated by Somali immigrants and refugees have observed that a large number of Somali patients use the ED for care that is normally provided in a clinic setting. This article reports on the Somali population