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BACKGROUNDPrevious studies of urban school‐based health centers (SBHCs) have shown that SBHCs decrease emergency department (ED) utilization. This study seeks to evaluate the effect of SBHCs on ED utilization in a rural setting.
METHODSThis retrospective, controlled, quasi‐experimental study used an ED patient data set from the Bassett Healthcare Network in rural New York to compare ED visits between...