ED “hold” patients: Is their care also being held?

Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 549-553

  Sobie, Jill M ^a   Gaves, Debra ^a   Tringali, Anita ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St John Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034584951     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/men.2000.110891     Document Type: Article

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