Admissions and transfers from a rural emergency department

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue APR., 1998, Pages 789-795

  De Freitas, Terry L ^b   Spooner, G Richard ^a   Szafran, Olga ^b  

^a Cedars Professional Pk   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032044331     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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