@article{ref1,
title="Planning for an annual episodic mass gathering: emergency department and clinic utilization in Yellowstone",
journal="Wilderness and environmental medicine",
year="2000",
author="Chang, E. C. and Koval, E. and Freer, L. and Kraus, S.",
volume="11",
number="4",
pages="257-261",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Planning and providing emergency and primary care for a large transient population of visitors and employees in a national park can be problematic. Furthermore, planning for emergency and primary health care needs of visitors and itinerant workers in a wilderness area national park has not been well documented. A study was performed to analyze emergency and primary health care utilization in a national park. METHODS: Data was gathered from all patients presenting to Lake Hospital Emergency Department in Yellowstone in 1995, and a retrospective chart review was performed. RESULTS: Two distinct populations with different health care needs were identified. CONCLUSION: Utilization analysis revealed differences between conventional mass gatherings and the mass gatherings in Yellowstone. Because of the unique conditions and populations found in a wilderness area, conventional mass gathering emergency medical service models may not be an appropriate model for planning health care in a national park. Analysis of utilization data can help plan resources for emergency and primary health care for a park population.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1080-6032",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}