The costs of visits to emergency departments

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 642-646

  Williams, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030050806     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199603073341007     Document Type: Article

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