Bütün, AhmetBütün, AhmetLinden, MarkLynn, FionaMcGaughey, Jennifer2023-12-152023-12-152021https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmet-Butun/publication/354852408_Chapter_11_Evaluation_of_Children's_Usage_of_Emergency_Departments_in_Turkey/links/6150a36a522ef665fb61928b/Chapter-11-Evaluation-of-Childrens-Usage-of-Emergency-Departments-in-Turkey.pdf#page=175https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/4860Emergency Departments (EDs) provide immediate and emergency care for patients with life-threatening medical conditions, trauma or injuries – they should not treat minor illnesses or provide primary care (Chamberlain & Carraccio, 1994; Chande et al., 1996; Liu et al., 1999). However, the American College of Emergency Physicians (1990) stated that increasing visits with medically non-urgent conditions is something which greatly concerns healthcare professionals and administrators because of the medical and economic implications.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessemergency department,non-urgentvisitsutilisation,Book Part169194