Triage services: A profile of high utilization

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-31

  Berg Weger, Marla ^a   Gockel, Jane ^b   Rubio, Doris McGartland ^a   Douglas, Rachelle ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WORK; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE; VETERANS;

EID: 0031925287     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v27n01_02     Document Type: Article

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