Deferral out of the emergency department: The wrong solution?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-72

  Shapiro, Marc J ^a   O'Brien, Gail M ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033870713     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2000.108549     Document Type: Editorial

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