Resource utilization in the emergency department: The duty of stewardship

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 499-503

  Larkin, Gregory Luke ^a,d   Weber, James E ^b   Moskop, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Emergency Med Assoc of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Cost; Emergency; Resources; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032076323     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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