Prospective survey of patients the leaving emergency department without being attended by a physician;Estudio prospectivo de los enfermos que abandonan un servicio de urgencias antes de ser atendidos por el médico

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Ortega, Mar ^a   Esteban, Mariá J ^a   Miró, Òscar ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^a   Millá, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emergency; Emergency department; Leave without being seen; Not visited

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034600398     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71449-7     Document Type: Article

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