Epidemiologic analysis of an urban, public emergency department's frequent users

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 637-646

  Mandelberg, Joshua H ^a   Kuhn, Robert E ^c   Kohn, Michael A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Frequent users

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034124912     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02037.x     Document Type: Article

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